Patent ID: 8405838

Claim:
An image processing device, comprising: a processing part configured to process first image information so that second image information is generated; an image information generation part configured to generate the image information related to an image processed by a first device; a process data generation part configured to generate process data processed by a second device from the second image information, wherein the first image information includes a first image data and a first reference information accompanying the first image data, the first reference information including a first information element formed by properties of the first information element and a first value, and the processing part being further configured to correlate the first reference information included in the first image information and a second reference information included in the second image information, so that the first image information is processed and the second image information is generated, the processing part being further configured to set the first value of the first information element of the first reference information to equal a second information element of the second reference information, the first information element of the first reference information having the same properties as those of the second information element of the second reference information; and an element value input part configured to receive input of the value of the second information element in a case where the first information element corresponding to the second information element does not exist.