Patent ID: 7423782

Claim:
An image output method adopted in an image output device that is equipped with an output processing module, said output processing module having multi-stage processing units with a preset processing sequence and activating at least a last-stage processing unit among the multi-stage processing units to set image data to output data and to implement output of an image, the multi-stage processing units including: a color conversion processing unit which carries out a series of processing including a conversion process of converting RGB color system of image data into a CMY color system and outputs resulting processed image data toward an image butter adjacent to the last-stage processing unit; and an XHTML analyzer processing unit which carries out a series of processing including an analysis process of analyzing a description file described in a predetermined markup language or a predetermined script language and outputs resulting processed image data toward the color conversion processing unit, said image output method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving image data; (b) identifying type of the received image data; and (c) in case the type of the received image data is the description file, assigning the XHTML analyzer processing unit to process the received image data, and in case the type of the received image data is in a CMY color system, assigning the image buffer directly to process the received image data without subjecting the image data to the processing by the color conversion processing unit.