To provide a method and system for processing identification information of image recording materials, by which the identification information of the supplied image recording materials is surely set in an image recording device, and the adequate recording of images is realized by selecting the desired image recording materials.

After the bar codes pasted to a light shielding bag of a package loaded to the image recording device is read (step S3), whether read processing is normally performed or not is decided (step S4). When the processing is decided be not normal, the presence of abnormality in reading the bar codes is displayed (step S6) and a reading abnormality flag is set (step S7). The bar code data read in compliance with the instruction is stored (step S5) and thereafter the desired image recording processing is executed (steps S10 to S15).