Image processing

A method comprising:

• (a) reading at a first location a code associated with a hardcopy print of an image, said code being generated by an image content of the image on the hardcopy print, identifying a product to be made or a service to be performed using the image, and uniquely identifying the image;
• (b) generating a code signal corresponding to the read code;
• (c) transmitting the code signal to a processor remote from the first location;
• (d) at the remote processor, retrieving an image signal corresponding to the image on the hardcopy print from an image database of multiple saved image signals using the generated code signal;
• and
• (e) generating the product or performing the service identified by the code using the retrieved image signal;
• wherein the code identifies a modification which was made to the image to obtain the hardcopy print, and said step (d) comprises modifying the image signal in accordance with the code.

A computer program product, comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon which when loaded into the computer, causes the computer to perform the steps of:

• (a) receiving a code signal associated with an image on a hardcopy print, said code being generated by an image content of the image on the hardcopy print and identifying a product to be made or a service to be performed using the image;
• (b) retrieving an image signal corresponding to the hardcopy image from an image database of multiple saved image signals;
• and
• (c) generating the product or performing the service identified by the code using the retrieved image signal;
• wherein when the code signal identifies a modification to be made to the image signal, then in step (c) the image signal is modified in accordance with the modification identified by the code signal.