IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING DIRECT PRINTING WHICH CONSIDERS COLOR MATCHING PROCESSING BASED ON A PROFILE DESCRIBING THE INPUT COLOR CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IMAGE INPUT DEVICE AND THE OUTPUT COLOR CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE

摘要

An image processing method is provided for an image processing device which processes images of printing data input from a computer device and an image input device via a predetermined communication line or a network. Printing instruction information of the printing data is analyzed, and determination is made as to whether a request for color matching processing based on a profile describing input color characteristics of an image input device and output color characteristics of an image output device is included in the printing instruction information. In the case that a request for the color matching processing is included in the printing instruction information, color matching processing is requested to be performed by the computer device on the network.