Patent ID: 6220687
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: A41H,B41J,D06P,H04N

Abstract:
A system including an image output apparatus for effecting an image output operation by recording on a cloth recording medium and an image processing apparatus for processing data to be supplied to said image output apparatus, said image processing apparatus comprising:means for supplying original image data and pattern data for a post-processing of a cloth recording medium where an image based on the original image data is recorded;designation means for designating information associated with the pattern data, the information including information corresponding to a pattern for cutting or sewing, so as to form the pattern data on the cloth recording medium, and for designating at least one of a kind of a line, a thickness of a line and a color of an image to be recorded based on the pattern data;means for supplying the information designated by said designation means to said image output apparatus; andcontrol means for controlling the image output operation to the cloth recording medium based on the received original image data, the pattern data, and the information, wherein the pattern data is synthesized with binarized original image data and recording is executed based on the synthesized data, and the pattern data is recorded in accordance with the information designated by said designation means.