Patent ID: 8854322

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an image output apparatus; and an image reading apparatus, the image output apparatus including: a writing tool information receiving unit configured to receive writing tool information, which is information about a writing tool suitable for an input field in a document; an information image generating unit configured to generate that an information image, which is used for extracting a writing position where writing is performed with the writing tool, the information image including position information representing a position in the document and the writing tool information received by the writing tool information receiving unit, a combining unit configured to combine the information image with the input field in the document; and a first output unit configured to output, onto a medium, the document in which the information image has been combined by the combining unit; and the image reading apparatus including: a writing tool information memory configured to store writing tool information, which is information about a writing tool; a reading unit configured to read the information image that has been output onto a medium by the image output apparatus; an extracting unit configured to extract the writing tool information from the information image on the document, and a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the writing tool is suitable for the input field by comparing the extracted writing tool information with the stored information about the writing tool.