Patent Document ID: 9823884
Application ID: 15219143
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An inspection system comprising: a printer; and an inspection apparatus, the printer comprising a print unit configured to print original images for N (N≧1) pages on M (M≧1) sheets to generate M prints, the inspection apparatus comprising: an image acquiring unit configured to acquire the original images for N pages from the printer; a print-management information acquiring unit configured to acquire, for each of the original images, print management information including sheet identification information identifying a sheet on which the original image is printed, from the printer: a reading unit configured to read, for each of the prints, one or more print sides of the print to generate one or more read images: an inspecting unit configured to examine, for each of the prints, whether a defect has occurred on at least one of the one or more print sides of the print based on the one or more read images and one or more original images that correspond to the one or more read images; and a notification unit configured to notify the printer of sheet identification information about a sheet on which an original image of a certain page is printed, the original image being out of original images for one or more pages including an original image formed on a print side on which the defect has occurred, the print unit being configured to print, based on the notified sheet identification information and sheet identification information about a sheet on which a position notification image that indicates a positional relation with a print on which the original image of the certain page is formed, the position notification image on the sheet to generate a position notification print.