Patent ID: 8730007

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a reading unit configured to read an original; a printing unit configured to print using the image of the original read by the reading unit; an inputting unit configured to input user's biometric information; a display unit configured to display an inquiry screen for receiving an instruction to permit the inputting unit to input the user's biometric information in a case where image of the original read by the reading unit includes information indicating that copying of the original is prohibited; and a control unit configured to control the inputting unit to input the user's biometric information and to control the printing unit to print using the image of the original read by the reading unit in a case where the instruction to permit the inputting unit to input the user's biometric information is received via the screen, wherein the inputting of the user's biometric information by the inputting unit and the printing of the image of the original read by the reading unit are not executed in a case where the instruction to permit the inputting unit to input the user's biometric information is not received via the screen.