Abstract: The user a mode setting section to optionally set one of a first mode that enables a predetermined operation necessary for recording, on the printing medium, a voice code image based on the voice input by the voice input section, and a second mode that disables the predetermined operation necessary for recording, on the printing medium, the voice code image based on the voice input by the voice input section. The mode set by the mode setting section is displayed on a display section incorporated in an output section. The predetermined operation that can be executed when the first mode is set is, for example, a voice input operation by a voice input section, a conversion operation by a digital conversion section, and a compression operation by a voice compression section.

Abstract: A storage section stores voice data obtained by a digital conversion section and a voice compression section by processing a voice input from the voice input section to be imaged as a voice code image. A relating data generating section generates relating data for associating a photography still image recorded on a same printing medium and a voice code image, and stores the generated relating data to be associated with the associated voice data on the storage section. An output section outputs the voice data and relating data stored by the storage section to an external system for recording a still image and a voice code image on the printing medium.