Patent Document ID: 20080239384
Application ID: 12058148
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An image formation system comprising a data processing device which stores print data in a portable storage medium and an image formation device which forms an image on a print medium by reading out the print data from the portable storage medium, wherein the data processing device includes: a print data storing unit which stores the print data in the portable storage medium; an image data generating unit which generates image data to be displayed by the image formation device in regard to the print data; and an image data storing unit which stores the image data generated by the image data generating unit in the portable storage medium while associating the image data with the print data, and wherein the image formation device includes: a display unit which displays an image corresponding to the image data stored in the portable storage medium; a selection unit which selects an image displayed by the display unit according to a user operation; and an image formation unit which forms an image on a print medium based on print data that has been stored in the portable storage medium while being associated with image data corresponding to the image displayed by the display unit and selected by the selection unit when printing is requested in regard to the image selected by the selection unit.