Patent ID: 9350901
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive data and attribute information of the data, the attribute information including at least first information indicating whether the data should be printed as an output image or stored, and second information indicating that the data is printed as an output image in a “two-color” mode; a raster conversion unit configured to convert the data into raster image data; a storage unit; a printing unit; and a control unit configured to determine, according to the attribute information, whether the data should be printed as an output image or stored, wherein in a case where it is determined that the data should be printed as an output image, said control unit executes a color conversion process in which the raster image data is converted, according to the attribute information, to two color image data, and subsequently executes a print process in which said printing unit outputs the two color image data, and in a case where it is determined that the data should be stored, said control unit controls said storage unit to store the raster image data together with the attribute information, without the raster image data converted to the two color image data.