Patent ID: 7433537

Claim:
An image reproduction system comprising an image output means which outputs a reproduced image on the basis of an original image data representing an original image, wherein the improvement comprises that there are provided: a periodic pattern removing means which carries out on the original image data a noise removing processing to remove noise of a predetermined periodic pattern, if any, from the original image data and generates storage image data, an image storage means which stores the storage image data, an output image processing means which carries out an enlargement/reduction processing on the storage image data read out from the image storage means and generates output image data, and the image output means outputs a reproduced image on the basis of the output image data, wherein the original image data is provided with information representing imaging menu and the periodic pattern removing means carries out a noise removing processing on the original image data according to the imaging menu represented by the information, and further comprising a determining means for determining whether periodic pattern removal is necessary in the original image data; wherein the determining means determines there is a predetermined periodic pattern in the original image data when the determining means receives information pertaining to a first read-out density, readings per unit length, of a corresponding image read-out means, and wherein the periodic removing means determines that there is no predetermined periodic pattern in the original image data when the determining means receives information pertaining to a second read-out density, readings per unit length, of the image read-out means.