Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing system, computer program and recording medium

An image processing system comprising:

• an image processing apparatus;
• and
• a server connected for communication with the image processing apparatus, wherein
• said image processing apparatus and the server comprise in a distributed manner:
• a storage section in which the description of the output process used for subjecting the image data produced by reading the document image to an output process is stored in relation with a stored image;
• a determining section for determining from said image data whether or not said document image is similar to the stored image;
• a reading section for, when the determining section determines that the document image is similar to the stored image, reading from said storage section the description of the process stored in relation with said stored image;
• and
• a control section for controlling the output process in accordance with the read out description of the process.

A computer program for causing a computer to execute:

• a procedure for storing the description of the output process used for subjecting the image data obtained by reading the document image to an output process in relation with a preliminary stored image;
• a procedure for determining whether or not the document image is similar to the stored image based on the obtained image data;
• a procedure for reading the description of the processing stored in relation with the stored image from the storage section, when it is determined that the document image is similar to the stored image;
• and
• a procedure for controlling the output process according to the read out description.

A recording medium storing thereon a computer program executable to perform the steps of:

• storing the description of the output process used for subjecting the image data obtained by reading the document image to an output processing in relation with a preliminary stored image;
• determining whether or not said document image is similar to the stored image based on the obtained image data;
• when it is determined that the document image is similar to the stored image, reading the description of the processing stored in relation with the stored image from the storage section;
• and
• controlling the output process according to the read out description.