Printing Method, Printing Apparatus, and Storage Medium Storing a Program

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a scene information obtaining section that obtains scene information concerning image data from supplemental data that is appended to the image data;
• a classifier that classifies a scene of an image represented by the image data, based on the image data;
• a comparator that compares the classified scene with a scene indicated by the scene information;
• and
• a printing section that prints a printout that is used to urge a user to make a confirmation when a mismatch between the classified scene and the scene indicated by the scene information exists.

A storage medium storing a program that causes a printing apparatus to:

• obtain scene information concerning image data from supplemental data that is appended to the image data;
• classify a scene of an image represented by the image data, based on the image data;
• compare the classified scene with a scene indicated by the scene information;
• and
• print a printout that is used to urge a user to make a confirmation when a mismatch between the classified scene and the scene indicated by the scene information exists.