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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
May. 16, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masanori Aritomi, Tokyo, JP;
Akiko Tokumaru, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read a print product and a transmission unit configured to transmit image data of the print product to an external apparatus. The apparatus further includes an inhibition unit configured to inhibit the transmission of the image data based on inhibition information included in the image data. If the image data includes trace information to be used to trace a printer user of the print product in addition to the inhibition information, a control unit acquires the trace information and causes a display unit to perform a display based on the trace information without causing the output unit to transmit the image data.