Patent ID: 7164486

Claim:
An image editing system comprising: an image forming apparatus including: a user interface; a display; an image inputting part which inputs an original image as image data of an input color coordinate system; an image processing part which converts the image data of the input color coordinate system into image data of an output color coordinate system; an image outputting part which prints out the image data of the output color coordinate system; and a connection part which performs transmission/reception of the image data of the output color coordinate system between the image forming apparatus and an expansion box comprising a computer disposed outside the image forming apparatus, wherein the expansion box is connected to the image forming apparatus, the expansion box including: a user interface; a display; a connection part that inputs and outputs image data; an image editing part that performs all of an electronic clipping process, and an electronic copying process and an electronic process of sorting the image data; and a storing part that stores the image data, wherein at least one of the user interface of the image forming apparatus and the display of the image forming apparatus is disabled when the display of the expansion box is active.