Patent ID: 7738143

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit that stores an image data, which is to be combined with a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image before being printed out; a determining unit that, when a transmission outputting direction is made for the image data stored in the storage unit, determines whether or not a user who directed to generate the image data gave the transmission outputting direction; a first transmission outputting unit that combines the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image with the image data stored in said storage unit and executes transmission outputting of the combined image data, when the determining unit determines that the user who directed to generate the image data gave the transmission outputting direction; and a second transmission outputting unit that combines a stamp image with the image data and executes transmission outputting of the combined image data, when the determining unit determines that the user who directed to generate the image data did not give the transmission outputting direction.