Patent ID: 7616331

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an analyzing unit which analyzes an input print command; a determination unit which determines whether each data portion included in a print data section of the print command is an image data portion or a character data portion; a deleting unit which deletes from the print command the data portion which is determined as the image data portion, without being printed; a changing unit which changes a layout of the data portion determined as the character data portion; a printing unit which prints the character data portion based on the changed layout; and a mode detection unit which detects an operation mode in which the image processing apparatus is operating, wherein said determination unit, said deleting unit and said changing unit are activated only in the case where the operation mode detected is a first mode, and wherein said printing unit prints identification information indicating image data instead of the image data included in the image data portion in a case where the operation mode detected is a second mode.