Patent ID: 6061150
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image processing method, comprising:a setting step of setting an image processing job to be performed on image data;an obtaining step of obtaining an attribute of the image processing job set in said setting step, the attribute representing that the image processing job is one of an important job and a normal job;a processing step of processing image data in accordance with the image processing job set in said setting step to obtain processed image data;a determining step of determining if the attribute of the image processing job obtained in said obtaining step represents an important job;an outputting step of outputting the processed image data to an output destination in accordance with the image processing job set in said setting step; anda duplicating step of outputting the processed image data to a predetermined destination so as to make a duplicate copy when it is determined that the attribute of the image processing job represents an important job in said determining step.