Patent Document ID: 9513852
Application ID: 14804884
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A print instruction device comprising: at least one processor configured to execute: an obtaining unit that obtains image data including a photographic image and a code image; a detection unit that detects the photographic image and the code image from the image data obtained by the obtaining unit; and a processing unit that performs, for the image data obtained by the obtaining unit, a halftoning process on the detected photographic image and performs no halftoning processes on the detected code image, to thereby generate processed data, wherein the detection unit detects, in a case where the image data includes another code image different from the code image, the code image and the another code image from the image data, and wherein the processing unit performs a halftoning process on the detected photographic image and performs no halftoning processes on the detected code image and on the detected another code image.