Patent ID: 8717584
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a generation unit configured to generate bitmap image data by interpreting application data created by an application; an acquisition unit configured to acquire text information included in the application data but not included in the generated bitmap image data; an addition unit configured to add the text information acquired by the acquisition unit to the generated bitmap image data as attribute information of the generated bitmap image data; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the generated bitmap image data, to which the text information is added by the addition unit, to a printer when the generated bitmap image data is to be saved in the printer, and transmit the generated bitmap image data, to which the text information is not added, to the printer when the generated bitmap image data is to be printed by the printer, wherein the text information added by the addition unit is able to be used at the printer in order to retrieve the generated bitmap image data saved in the printer.