Patent ID: 7193744

Claim:
A control method for an image forming system where an image processing apparatus for generating image data is connected to an image forming apparatus for forming a visible image based on the image data on a print medium, in said image processing apparatus, said method comprising: an input step of inputting print information, wherein the print information includes attribute information; an object image judgment step of judging whether or not image data indicated by the input print information has a resolution equal to or higher than a predetermined resolution and whether or not the attribute information indicates that the input print information represents an image; a particular image judgment step of, if it is judged at said object image judgment step that said image data has a resolution equal to or higher than the predetermined resolution and said attribute information indicates an image, judging whether or not said image data represents a particular image, and, if it is judged at said object image judgment step either that said image data has a resolution less than the predetermined resolution or that said attribute information does not indicate an image, not judging whether or not said image data represents the particular image; and a particular image processing step of, if it is judged at said particular image judgment step that said image represents the particular image, performing predetermined processing.