IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

摘要

A print-information acquiring unit acquires print object information as an image and predetermined information to be encoded. A code-image creating unit encodes the predetermined information according to a predetermined encode rule to create a plurality of types of code images. A layer-image creating unit creates a plurality of types of layer images including the code images for each of the types. A combined-image creating unit superimposes the types of layer images according to a predetermined superimposition rule to create a combined image. A printing unit prints the combined image created by the combined-image creating unit on a recording medium.