Patent ID: 6611359
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image processing method, comprising:a setting step, of setting an image processing job to be performed on image data; a selection step, of selecting a conversion method to be applied to image data in accordance with the image processing job set in said setting step; a processing step, of processing image data in accordance with the conversion method selected in said selection step to obtain processed image data; a determination step, of determining if the conversion method selected in said selection step satisfies a predetermined condition; an outputting step, of outputting the converted image data to an output destination in accordance with the image processing job set in said setting step; and a duplicating step, of outputting the converted image data to a predetermined destination different from the output destination in said output step so as to make a duplicate copy, when it is determined that the selected conversion method satisfies the predetermined condition in said determination step.