Patent Document ID: 20020001417
Application ID: 09228551
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An image reading and reproducing apparatus comprising: image reading means for photoelectrically reading an image carried on a film to obtain digital input image data; image processing means for subjecting said digital input image data to specified image processing steps to obtain processed image data; line image acquiring means for acquiring digital line image data of a line image including at least one of a character, characters, a picture and pictures; image combining means for combining said processed image data with said digital line image data to create output composite image data in such a way that an image region where said image carried on said film is recorded and a title region in addition to said image region are formed in a light-sensitive material and said line image is recorded in said title region; and image recording means for scanning and exposing said light-sensitive material in accordance with said output composite image data at one step to record a composite image on said light-sensitive material.