Foil-stamped print inspection apparatus, foil-stamped print inspection system, method of inspecting foil-stamped print, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program

A method of inspecting foil-stamped print comprising:

• selecting, by a region selecting unit, of a foil-stamped print inspection apparatus, a foil-stamped region;
• and
• inspecting, by an inspection unit of the foil-stamped print inspection apparatus, a foil-stamped state of a printed material and determining whether foil is unsatisfactory based on a gray level of the foil-stamped region in an image acquired by reading the printed material,
• wherein in response to determining that the gray level falls outside a predetermined range, determining, by the inspection unit, that the foil is unsatisfactory.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform:

• a region selection processing of selecting a foil-stamped region;
• and
• an inspection processing of inspecting a foil-stamped state of a printed material and determining whether foil is unsatisfactory based on a gray level of the foil-stamped region in an image acquired by reading the printed material,
• wherein in response to determining that the gray level falls outside a predetermined range, determining that the foil is unsatisfactory.