1. An apparatus comprising: a cartridge holder configured to receive a pen or a cutter; a platen configured to receive an object; a moving mechanism configured to move the cartridge holder in a direction that the cartridge holder comes close to the platen; a read unit configured to read image data from the object; and a processor configured to instruct the apparatus tot set a specific size of a pattern in the image data; eliminate, from the image data, one or more of specific patterns whose size is less or equal to the specific size; and instruct the moving mechanism to move the cartridge holder close to the platen, based on the image data after eliminating one or more of specific patterns from the read image data.