Patent ID: 7864350

Claim:
An image processing method performed by an image supply device storing image data and an image output device operable to perform a print operation in which an object corresponding to the image data is printed, which are connected via a communication path through which the image data is communicated, the method comprising: transmitting, from the image output device to the image supply device, a first information item specifying a plurality of objects allocated in a single page layout; storing the first information item in the image supply device; transmitting, from the image output device to the image supply device, a failure notification when the print operation of the single page layout is interrupted under a condition that at least one of the objects is not completely printed; generating, at the image supply device based on the stored first information item when the failure notification is received, a second information item including: a first script configured to resume the interrupted print operation; and a second script specifying one of the objects which was first printed by the image output device in the single page layout of the interrupted print operation; transmitting the second information item from the image supply device to the image output device; and resuming the interrupted print operation from the one of the objects specified by the second script, wherein at least a part of the first information item and at least a part of the second information item are described by a markup language, and wherein the objects are independent image files.