Patent ID: 7606446

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for reading out print condition information stored in a print information file recorded on a recording medium in association with image files recorded thereon, and for controlling printing of the image file in accordance with the stored print condition information corresponding thereto, said apparatus comprising: input means for inputting an instruction to edit one of the image files recorded on the recording medium; discrimination means for discriminating whether the print information file recorded on the recording medium includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file for which the instruction to edit has been input; notifying means for notifying that the print information file recorded on the recording medium includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file for which the instruction to edit has been input, in accordance with a result of discrimination by said discrimination means; and editing means for, in accordance with the instruction to edit an image file, editing the image file for which the instruction to edit has been input, wherein, in a case that said discrimination means does not discriminate that the print information file includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file, said editing means edits the image file, wherein, in a case that said discrimination means discriminates that the print information file includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file, said editing means edits not only the image file but also the corresponding print condition information included in the print information file.