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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryusuke Okuhara, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image printing apparatus includes a memory containing instructions, and a controller executing the instructions to operate as a first obtaining unit to obtain incidental information accompanying a reference image selected by a user, a setting unit to set information about permission of printing an image according to a user's operation, a second obtaining unit to obtain a print target image, and a decision unit to decide whether to permit printing of the print target image based on incidental information accompanying the print target image and a print permission condition set based on the incidental information accompanying the reference image and the information set according to the user's operation.