Patent ID: 6674538
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A video print system in which a reproduction apparatus and a print apparatus communicate with each other,wherein said reproduction apparatus comprises: a compression module, capable of variably setting a compression ratio of image information, for compressing input image information; a recording module for recording the image information compressed by said compression module, on a recording medium; and a reproduction module for sending the image information from said recording medium, in a compression state, to said print apparatus, wherein said print apparatus comprises: a storage module for receiving the compressed image information sent by said reproduction module and temporarily storing the received image information; a decompression module for capturing the compressed image information from said storage module and decompressing the captured image information; and a print module for capturing the image information decompressed by said decompression module and printing out the captured image information, and wherein, in the communication, information concerning whether said print apparatus can perform the printing is sent from said print apparatus to said reproduction apparatus, and, in the case where it is judged that said print apparatus can perform the printing based on the information sent from said print apparatus, image data in the compression state is sent from said reproduction apparatus to said print apparatus, and information concerning completion of the sending of the image information is sent from said print apparatus to said reproduction apparatus.