Patent ID: 9733873
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06F,G16H,H04N

Claim:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a setting unit that accepts ON or OFF of a toner save setting of the image processing apparatus; a data receiver configured to receive DICOM data in accordance with DICOM standard using a protocol in accordance with the DICOM standard; a determination unit that determines whether received data is DICOM data or normal data; and an image processing unit configured to perform processing to print an image in a toner save mode for saving developer or to print an image in a normal mode that uses a larger amount of developer than the toner save mode, according to a toner save setting of the image processing apparatus, wherein when the toner save setting of the image processing apparatus is OFF, the image processing unit performs processing to print an image in the normal mode in either case whether the received data is DICOM data or normal data, wherein when the toner save setting of the image processing apparatus is ON and the received data is normal data, the image processing unit performs processing to print an entire image included in the normal data in the toner save mode, and wherein when the toner save setting of the image processing apparatus is ON and the received data is DICOM data, the image processing unit performs processing to print a diagnostic image region of a medical image included in the DICOM data in the normal mode.