US Patent 7684077 Image processing apparatus and image processing method

An image processing method includes steps of acquiring information about image conditions, such as resolution settings, supported by a first print device for printing image data; generating an image data item corresponding to each acquired image condition; determining an image attribute, such as a character image or a dot image, included in each of the generated image data items; trimming an image in an area including the image attribute from each of the image data items; laying out the trimmed images on prepared template data; and printing out the template data using a second print device different from the first print device.