Patent ID: 7557940

Claim:
An image capture apparatus communicating with a printing apparatus, the printing apparatus being capable of printing an image compressed in a first compression format but not being capable of printing an image compressed in a second compression format, the image capture apparatus comprising: a determination unit that determines whether a compression format of a selected image is the first compression format or the second compression format, and determines whether a first substitute image compressed in the first compression format is stored in a recording medium if the compression format of the selected image is the second compression format; a second substitute image generating unit that generates a second substitute image compressed in the first compression format from the selected image if the compression format of the selected image is the second compression format; and a transmission unit coupled to said determination unit, said transmission unit (a) transmitting the selected image to the printing apparatus if said determination unit determines that the compression format of the selected image is the first compression format, (b) transmitting the second substitute image to the printing apparatus in place of the selected image if said determination unit determines that the first substitute image is not stored in the recording medium, and (c) transmitting one of the first substitute image and the second substitute image to the printing apparatus in place of the selected image if said determination unit determines that the first substitute image is stored in the recording medium, wherein the second compression format is a compression format using a lossless compression algorithm.