Patent ID: 8259368

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a receiver, arranged to receive image data; a converter, arranged to convert the image data into raster data; a processor, arranged to apply image processing for printing to the raster data in accordance with attribute information; a controller, arranged to provide a reception-print mode which controls generation of the attribute information, and which controls the image processing applied to the raster data to be appropriate, by displaying a user interface on a monitor, wherein a user selectively sets a text-priority mode, a photograph-priority mode, or an automatic mode, as the reception-print mode using the user interface; and a generator, arranged to generate the attribute information based on the received image data and the reception-print mode, wherein, when the automatic mode is set as the reception-print mode, said generator generates the attribute information in accordance with a compressed data format of the received image data such that the attribute information designating the image processing for text is generated when the compressed data format is MMR (Modified Modified READ), and the attribute information designating the image processing for photographs is generated when the compressed data format is JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group).