Image processing apparatus with resolution determined by pixel count and used for print image, method, program, and recording

An image processing method comprising the steps of:

• obtaining an image;
• extracting pixel count information indicating a pixel count of the obtained image from the obtained image;
• determining whether or not the obtained image contains resolution information indicating a resolution of a printed image related to the obtained image;
• determining a resolution of a printed image related to the obtained image on the basis of the pixel count information extracted in said step of extracting in a case where the obtained image does not contain the resolution information;
• determining a sheet-size of a sheet, to be used for printing the obtained image, based on the pixel count information extracted in said step of extracting;
• transforming the obtained image to a transformed-image, having a size suitable for the determined sheet-size, based on the pixel count information extracted in said step of extracting;
• and printing the transformed-image on the sheet, the size of which is determined in said step of determining the sheet-size, with the resolution determined in said step of determining the resolution in a case where the obtained image does not contain the resolution information.

A program stored on a computer readable storage medium for controlling an image processing apparatus which obtains and prints an image to perform the steps of:

• obtaining an image;
• extracting pixel count information indicating a pixel count of the obtained image from the obtained image;
• determining whether or not the obtained image contains resolution information indicating a resolution of a printed image related to the obtained image;
• determining a resolution of a printed image related to the obtained image on the basis of the pixel count information extracted in said step of extracting in a case where the obtained image does not contain the resolution information;
• determining a sheet-size of a sheet, to be used for printing the obtained image, based on the pixel count information extracted in said step of extracting;
• transforming the obtained image to a transformed-image, having a size suitable for the determined sheet-size based on the pixel count information extracted in said the step of extracting;
• and printing the transformed-image on the sheet, the size of which is determined in said step of determining the sheet-size, with the resolution determined in said step of determining the resolution in a case where the obtained image does not contain the resolution information.