摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accelerate image processing by means of a plurality of image processing means while considering reuse of image processing results of elements included in an object of image processing.SOLUTION: In a front end part 50 of an image processing part 34, an input data management part 51 receives print instruction data, a resource management part 55 sends the print instruction data to each RIP processing part 61, a form extraction part 52 extracts a form from a page of the print instruction data, and a page distribution management part 54 sends page RIP instruction information indicative of RIP processing of the page to the RIP processing part 61 that has RIP-processed pages using the same form. In a back end part 60 of the image processing part 34, the RIP processing part 61 RIP-processes pages indicated by the page RIP instruction information received from the page distribution management part 54 out of pages of the print instruction data received from the resource management part 55. |