Patent ID: 7656544

Claim:
An image processing device for carrying out image processing using image data and image processing control information used during image processing of the image data as well as associated therewith, the image processing device comprising: first storage unit having a storage area with a predetermined capacity used in the image processing; image data acquiring unit for acquiring one image datum from a plurality of image data contained in one output job according to an output sequence for outputting image data; information acquiring unit for acquiring the image processing control information associated with the acquired image datum; work area securing unit for securing a work area in the storage area for carrying out image processing on the acquired image datum; image processing unit for carrying out image processing on the acquired image datum based on the acquired image processing control information using the secured work area; work area releasing unit for releasing the secured work area when image processing on the image data is complete; and second storage unit for storing predetermined image processing control information used in the image processing, wherein the image processing unit implements image processing based on the predetermined image processing control information instead of the acquired image processing control information when the work area for an image datum which is a target of image processing cannot be secured in the storage area.