Patent ID: 7561296
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: first printing means for creating first sheet data indicating a first sheet, and for printing the first sheet based on the first sheet data, wherein the first sheet includes (1) images based on image data obtained from an image storage medium and (2) a sheet code which encodes information identifying the images and information indicating entry spaces that a user can fill in; reading means for reading the first sheet printed by the first printing means, wherein the reading means reads the first sheet together with the sheet code and any modifications made to the first sheet by a user; retrieving means for retrieving image data from the image storage medium, wherein the retrieved image data is the same as the image data for the images included in the first sheet, and wherein the retrieved image data is retrieved based on the sheet code read by the reading means, when it is judged from the reading by the reading means that a predetermined entry space on the first sheet has been filled; and second printing means for creating second sheet data which is the same as the first sheet data based on the retrieved image data, when it is judged that the predetermined entry space on the first sheet has been filled, and for printing a second sheet based on the second sheet data.