Patent ID: 7551313

Claim:
An image processing device for transmitting a document file, which contains objects that can be arranged in the file in an order different from the order of pages as well as reference information that indicates the locations of said objects within the file, and which defines at least one page having at least one of said objects, to an image forming device without transforming said document file into print data, said image processing device comprising: an interface for communicating with the image forming device to obtain a usable storage capacity of the image forming device used for printing said document file; a comparator for comparing the size of a document file to be printed with the obtained usable storage capacity of the image forming device used for printing said document file; a converter, when the storage capacity required for printing the document file exceeds the usable storage capacity of said image forming device as a result of the comparison by said comparator, for specifying at least one object from among the objects included in said document file in accordance with a specifying condition, converting the at least one specified object to reduce the size of said document file, and maintaining any object included in said document file that is not specified in accordance with the specifying condition in an unconverted state; and a transmitter for transmitting the document file processed by said converter to said image forming device.