Patent ID: 7180618

Claim:
An image editing support system provided on a network, said network being connectable to a computer system prestoring image information and a user apparatus connected to a printer, comprising: program managing means for sending an application program for editing image information to the user apparatus accessed through said network, and for constructing an image operation environment on the user apparatus by executing the application program on the user apparatus; image distributing means for distributing image information in response to a request from the user apparatus being constructed in the image operation environment thereon; information obtaining means for obtaining the content of operation performed with respect to at least one image information comprising image information distributed from the image distributing means, image information stored in the user apparatus, and image information obtained from the computer system by the user apparatus, and for obtaining the image information being operated; and editing support means for editing said obtained image information according to the obtained content of operation, converting the edited image information into print data corresponding to the printer of the user apparatus and transmitting the converted print data to the user apparatus for printing by the printer.