Device capable of extracting two-dimensional code, and method and program thereof

A printing method for controlling a printing apparatus having a printing unit, said method comprising the steps of:

• inputting an image;
• detecting a two-dimensional code in the input image;
• determining whether a version which is included in the detected two-dimensional code is a compliant version of the printing apparatus;
• replacing the detected two-dimensional code with a new two-dimensional code in the input image;
• and
• controlling the printing unit not to print in a case where the version which is included in the detected two-dimensional code is determined not to be a compliant version of the printing apparatus, and to print the input image in which the detected two-dimensional code has been replaced with a new two-dimensional code in a case that the version which is included in the detected two-dimensional code is determined to be a compliant version of the printing apparatus.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a printing apparatus having a printing unit to perform a printing method, the printing method comprising the steps of:

• inputting an image;
• detecting a two-dimensional code in the input image;
• determining whether a version which is included in the detected two-dimensional code is a compliant version of the printing apparatus;
• replacing the detected two-dimensional code with a new two-dimensional code in the input image;
• and
• controlling the printing unit not to print in a case where the version which is included in the detected two-dimensional code is determined not to be a compliant version of the printing apparatus, and to print the input image in which the detected two-dimensional code has been replaced with a new two-dimensional code in a case that the version which is included in the detected two-dimensional code is determined to be a compliant version of the printing apparatus.