Patent ID: 7599082

Claim:
An image reproducing device, which is connectable to an image holding device via an interface, wherein the image reproducing device functions as a host device and the image holding device functions as a client device, and the image reproducing device obtains image data of digital image and reproduction setting data from the image holding device, a setting for a reproduction of the image data being designated in the reproduction setting data, the image reproducing device, comprising: a host controller which controls the image holding device so that the image reproducing device reads the image data and the reproduction setting data from the image holding device when a print request command comprising a request to reproduce the image data based on the reproduction setting data is received from the image holding device via the interface, wherein the host controller periodically transmits a request inquiry command to the image holding device, and the print request command is transmitted from the image holding device to the image reproducing device if the request command has been generated in the image holding device when the image holding device receives the request inquiry command, wherein the image holding device is able to transmit another request command other than the print request command to the image reproducing device if the other request command has been generated in the image holding device when the image holding device receives the request inquiry command and the image holding device transmits a negative message to the image reproducing device if neither the print request command nor the other request command has been generated in the image holding device when the image holding device receives the request inquiry command; a judgment section which judges whether the reproduction setting data is a dependent setting which designates reproduction based on a reproducing device setting set in the image reproducing device or an independent setting which designates reproduction based on an individual setting designated in the reproduction setting data; and a reproduction executor which reproduces the image data based on the reproducing device setting set in the image reproducing device when the judgment section judges that the reproduction setting data is the dependent setting and reproduces the image data based on the individual setting designated in the reproduction setting data when the judgment section judges that the reproduction setting data is the independent setting.