Patent ID: 8599406

Claim:
An image formation apparatus connected via a network to a server storing therein image data, comprising: an acquisition unit for acquiring the image data from said server; a display unit for displaying first image data of a first image size area based on the image data acquired by said acquisition unit; a printer for printing the image data on a recording medium; a setter for setting a size of the image data printed on said recording medium by said printer; a specification unit for specifying second image data of a second image size such that the second image data corresponding to the first image data is printed on said recording medium at the size of the image data set by said setter; and an acquisition mode setter accepting from a user a setting of a first acquisition mode or a second acquisition mode designating a standard of acquiring said second image data; wherein said specification unit specifies, if the first acquisition mode is set at said acquisition mode setter, image data of the second image size obtained by enlarging said first image data and increasing a scale, as the second image data to be acquired; and if said second acquisition mode is set at said acquisition mode setter, image data of the second image size obtained by expanding a region from the image indicated by said first image data to include a wider area than an area represented by said first image data, as the second image data to be acquired, said acquisition unit acquires the second image data of said second image size specified by said specification unit, and said printer prints said second image data at the size set by said setter.