Patent ID: 8531717

Claim:
An image processing apparatus, comprising: output setting means for setting output configuration settings applied when data stored in a storage unit is output; reference level setting means for setting a reference level required for the data when the data is outputted in accordance with the output configuration settings; determination means for determining whether or not the level of the data stored in said storage unit is lower than the reference level; generation means for generating raised data whose level is raised to the reference level by raising the level of the data stored in said storage unit when said determination means determines that the level of the data stored in said storage unit is lower than the reference level; and output means for outputting the raised data generated by said generation means in accordance with the output configuration settings when said determination means determines that the level of the data stored in said storage unit is lower than the reference level, wherein said output means outputs the data stored in said storage unit in accordance with the output configuration settings when said determination means determines that the level of the data stored in said storage unit is no lower than the reference level.