IMAGE FILE DEVICE AND DATA BASE PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE IMAGE FILE DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make sharable the image data among plural stand-alone type image file devices. SOLUTION: The image data 12 are stored in one of MO media 8a, and the relating information that relates the image information stored in the medium 8a with the identification information that specifies the medium 8a is managed by each of image management tables 15 of plural image file devices 1. Then, each device 1 shows the identification information on the medium 8a that stores the desired image data and requests the mounting of a desired medium 8a to obtain the desired image data. Thus, the image data can be shared among the devices 1.