Apparatus, method, or storage medium for image processing
First Claim
1. An image processing apparatus for reading out print condition information stored in a print information file recorded on a recording medium in association with image files recorded thereon, and for controlling printing of the image file in accordance with the stored print condition information corresponding thereto, said apparatus comprising:
- input means for inputting an instruction to edit one of the image files recorded on the recording medium;
discrimination means for discriminating whether the print information file recorded on the recording medium includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file for which the instruction to edit has been input;
notifying means for notifying that the print information file recorded on the recording medium includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file for which the instruction to edit has been input, in accordance with a result of discrimination by said discrimination means; and
editing means for, in accordance with the instruction to edit an image file, editing the image file for which the instruction to edit has been input,wherein, in a case that said discrimination means does not discriminate that the print information file includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file, said editing means edits the image file,wherein, in a case that said discrimination means discriminates that the print information file includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file, said editing means edits not only the image file but also the corresponding print condition information included in the print information file.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an image printing apparatus in which the consistency between image files and a print information file can be held and also the efficiency of user operation can be enhanced. When an instruction to delete the relevant one of image files which are already stored in a taken image storage part in a memory card has been inputted by a file designation part, it is discriminated by a file coincidence judgement part whether or not the relevant one of the image files is present in the taken image storage part. If it is discriminated that the relevant one of the image files is present in the taken image storage part, then it is further discriminated whether or not the specified image file is already registered in print information of a print information storage part.
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8 Claims
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1. An image processing apparatus for reading out print condition information stored in a print information file recorded on a recording medium in association with image files recorded thereon, and for controlling printing of the image file in accordance with the stored print condition information corresponding thereto, said apparatus comprising:
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input means for inputting an instruction to edit one of the image files recorded on the recording medium; discrimination means for discriminating whether the print information file recorded on the recording medium includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file for which the instruction to edit has been input; notifying means for notifying that the print information file recorded on the recording medium includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file for which the instruction to edit has been input, in accordance with a result of discrimination by said discrimination means; and editing means for, in accordance with the instruction to edit an image file, editing the image file for which the instruction to edit has been input, wherein, in a case that said discrimination means does not discriminate that the print information file includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file, said editing means edits the image file, wherein, in a case that said discrimination means discriminates that the print information file includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file, said editing means edits not only the image file but also the corresponding print condition information included in the print information file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An image processing method of reading out print condition information stored in a print information file recorded on a recording medium in association with the image files recorded thereon, and of controlling printing of the image file in accordance with the stored print condition information corresponding thereto, said method comprising the steps of:
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inputting an instruction to edit one of the image files; discriminating whether the print information file recorded on the recording medium includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file for which an instruction to edit has been input; notifying that the print information file recorded on the recording medium includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file for which the instruction to edit has been input, in accordance with a result of discrimination in said discriminating step; and editing, in accordance with the instruction to edit an image file, the image file for which the instruction to edit has been input, wherein, in a case that said discriminating step does not discriminate that the print information file includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file, said editing step edits the image file, and wherein, in a case that said discriminating step discriminates that the print information file includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file, said editing step edits not only the image file but also the corresponding print condition information included in the print information file. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A computer-readable storage medium from which information can be read out by a computer and in which a program is stored for reading out print condition information stored in a print information file recorded on a recording medium in association with image files recorded thereon, and for controlling printing of the image file in accordance with the stored print condition information corresponding thereto, said program comprising the steps of:
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inputting an instruction to edit one of the image files; discriminating whether the print information file recorded on the recording medium includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file for which an instruction to edit has been input; notifying that the print information file recorded on the recording medium includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file for which the instruction to edit has been input, in accordance with a result of discrimination in said determining step; and editing, in accordance with the instruction to edit an image file, the image file for which the instruction to edit has been input, wherein, in a case that said discriminating step does not discriminate that the print information file includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file, said editing step edits the image file, and wherein, in a case that said discriminating step discriminates that the print information file includes the print condition information corresponding to the image file, said editing step edits not only the image file but also the corresponding print condition information included in the print information file.
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