To make it possible to inhibit the extension of a time set for an editing work.

Detailed setup related to the limit of an editing time extension function can be performed by using a setup screen displayed on the photographic sticker preparing apparatus. For example, when the closing time of a store wherein the photographic sticker preparing apparatus is installed is set as 23:50 and the limit of the editing time extension function is set as 'yes', the extension of the scribble time after that is inhibited when it is a prescribed time before the store closing time, such as five minutes before 23:50. This invention is used for the photographic sticker preparing apparatus for printing user's image on a sticker sheet.