Print control apparatus, print control method, and program therefor

A print control apparatus for receiving an image including a two-dimensional code expressing additional information by an arrangement of dots, the print control apparatus comprising:

• a determining unit configured to determine sizes of the dots from the received image;
• and
• a control unit configured to control so as to scale the image at a magnification specified by a user and have the scaled image printed by a print unit when the product of the magnification specified by the user and the sizes of the dots determined by the determining unit falls within a predetermined range, and configured to control so as to terminate or interrupt the printing of the image by the print unit when the product of the magnification specified by the user and the sizes of the dots determined by the determining unit does not fall within the predetermined range.

A print control method in a print control apparatus for receiving an image including a two-dimensional code expressing additional information by an arrangement of dots associated with grid points, the print control method comprising the steps of:

• determining from the received image an interval between grid point and a grid point adjacent thereto;
• and
• controlling so as to scale the image at a magnification specified by a user and have the scaled image printed by a printing step when the product of the magnification specified by the user and the interval determined by the determining step falls within a predetermined range, and controlling so as to terminate or interrupt the printing of the image by the printing step when the product of the magnification specified by the user and the interval determined by the determining step does not fall within the predetermined range.

A print control method in a print control apparatus for receiving an image including a two-dimensional code expressing additional information by an arrangement of dots, the print control method comprising the steps of:

• determining sizes of the dots from the received image;
• and
• controlling so as to scale the image at a magnification specified by a user and have the scaled image printed by a printing step when the product of the magnification specified by the user and the sizes of the dots determined by the determining step falls within a predetermined range, and controlling so as to terminate or interrupt the printing of the image by the printing step when the product of the magnification specified by the user and the sizes of the dots determined by the determining step does not fall within the predetermined range.