System, method and apparatus for processing an embedded barcode

摘要

A document management system including an information processing apparatus having an interface to receive an input selecting one of a plurality of image processing services. The information processing apparatus also generates machine-readable instructions based on the selected image processing services and generates a barcode corresponding to the machine-readable instructions, which is included on a document. An image processing apparatus then scans the document including the barcode and extracts the machine-readable instructions from the barcode. Based on the extracted instructions, the image processing apparatus initiates a process.