Image processing apparatus and method using analog and digital recording systems and correcting a boundary between color images respectively formed

A method of processing an image performed by an image processing apparatus having:

• an analog recording system for forming an image on a recording medium by projecting reflected light reflected from an original, a first color component being removed from the reflected light;
• a digital recording system for forming an image on the recording medium by extracting an electrical signal of a second color component from the original;
• and
• shutting means for preventing the reflected light from projecting onto the recording medium,
• said method comprising the step of correcting the electrical signal in a boundary between images formed respectively by the analog recording system and by the digital recording system,
• wherein the analog recording system forms a first image which does not include the first color component, the digital recording system forms a second image having the second color component and the electrical signal is corrected so as to correct a boundary between the first and second images, and the shutting means prevents the reflected light from projecting onto the recording medium when the digital recording system forms the second image.