Inspection apparatus and inspection system

An inspection apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• at least one memory storing executable instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the inspection apparatus to:
• perform reception to obtain received print data that include raster-image-processor (RIP) data of a print job;
• register an image included in the received print data as a reference image, delete the reference image after completion of an associated inspection job unless a re-inspection request is received, and thereby store at most one reference page per job in memory;
• extract, from the received print data, barcode-inspection information including a correct value represented by a barcode, an allowable quality level, and an image-area flag in which a bit value appended to each pixel indicates whether the pixel belongs to the barcode and output a barcode-position indicator derived from the bit values of the image-area flag;
• automatically incorporate the extracted barcode-inspection information into an inspection-parameter set without user interaction;
• and
• upon reception of a scanned image obtained by scanning a print product, determine a position of the barcode in the scanned image on the basis of the barcode-position indicator, and inspect the barcode by comparing a value obtained by decoding the barcode with the correct value and a decode accuracy with the allowable quality level, and, when the inspection is negative, output a defect-ejection signal to a purge accessory of a printing apparatus.