Patent ID: 8035829

Claim:
An image processing apparatus, comprising: a first image processor for processing image data from an image reading device for reading an image of a document; an image storage device for storing the image data from said image reading device or said first image processor; a second image processor for processing the image data from said image storage device; an image output controller for outputting the image data from said first image processor, said image storage device or said second image processor; a magnification processing unit provided in said first image processor and said second image processor, for subjecting respective image data to magnification processing; at least one processor for selecting a service based on a first instruction from a user, the at least one processor for setting a magnification ratio for the image data based on a second instruction from the user, and the at least one processor for determining a distribution of respective magnification ratios between said first image processor and said second image processor based on the selected service and the set magnification ratio.