Image processing apparatus and image processing method

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• instruction reception means for receiving an execution instruction of a specified processing on image data read by at least one of plural image reading means for performing image reading at resolutions different from each other;
• reading execution means for causing, based on the instruction received by the instruction reception means, an image reading processing to be executed by the image reading means that reads the image data as an object of the specified processing and at least one image reading means other than the image reading means in the plural image reading means;
• processing execution means for causing, based on the instruction received by the instruction reception means, the specified processing to be executed on the image data obtained by the image reading processing caused to be executed by the reading execution means;
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• data storage means for causing post-processing data created by the processing executed by the processing execution means to correspond to image data read by the image reading means caused to execute the image reading processing by the reading execution means and for storing them in a specified storage area.

An image processing method comprising the steps of:

• receiving an execution instruction of a specified processing on image data read by at least one of plural image reading units to perform image reading at resolutions different from each other;
• causing, based on the instruction received at the step of receiving the instruction, an image reading processing to be executed by the image reading unit to read the image data as an object of the specified processing and at least one image reading unit other than the image reading unit in the plural image reading units;
• causing, based on the instruction received at the step of receiving the instruction, the specified processing to be executed on the image data obtained by the image reading processing caused to be executed by the step of causing the reading processing to be executed;
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• causing post-processing data created by the processing executed at the step of causing the specified processing to be executed to correspond to the image data read by the image reading unit caused to execute the image reading processing by the step of causing the reading processing to be executed and storing them in a specified storage area.