Image processing device

[0034] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, a schematic structure of a printing system 10 applied to the present embodiment is shown.

[0035] The printing system 10 has an image processing device 36 at a print server 12 which is structured by adding a PCI board having predetermined functions to, for example, a personal computer having a general structure (PC). Further, a printer 14 is connected as a printout device to the print server 12.

[0036] Further, a personal computer, a work station, and the like are connected as client terminals 16 to the print server 12. The client terminals 16 are used for DTP which carries out image processings, such as generating, trimming, editing, and the like of an image, by using various types of applications. The image processing device 12 carries out printing processing on the basis of drawing commands from these client terminals 16.

[0037] Note that, the printing system 10 may i