Abstract: A printing apparatus includes, a specifying unit that specifieds a position of a pringing region of a document image on a medium; an information generating unit that generates positional information indicating a respective part positions on the medium based on a size of the medium and the position of the printing region; an image generating unit that generates a code image, which is a print image including the positional information, at least within the printing region; and a printing unit that prints on the medium an image in which the document image and the code image are superposed.