Patent ID: 7013052

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for processing an image recorded on a recording medium, said image processing apparatus comprising: an image reading device for reading the image recorded on the recording medium as digital image data, subjecting the read digital image data to predetermined image processing, and outputting processed image data; means for carrying out a necessary image processing on all of the image data read by the image reading device; means for carrying out a special image processing on the image data read by the image reading device, the special image processing being specially designated by an operator request and includes at least two separate special image processes; and means for instructing the special image processing to be carried out by said special image processing means, wherein the special image processing is canceled if said at least two separate special image processes have not been linked together in advance as a suitable combination, wherein the special image processing is not canceled if said at least two separate special image processes have been linked together in advance as a suitable combination, and wherein said at least two separate special image processes are stored in said image processing apparatus regardless of whether said at least two special image processes have been linked together in advance as suitable combinations.