Computer readable medium for image processing, image processing method, image processing device, and image processing system

1. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a function for an image processing, the function comprising:

executing a job;

creating a log image from an image handled in the job wherein the log image is created by decreasing an amount of information of the image handled in the job;

setting a creation guarantee level of the log image that determines the timing for the execution of the job;

wherein if the creation guarantee level is set to a high level, controlling the execution of the job to wait until the log image has been created to execute the job,

and wherein if the creation guarantee level is set to a low level, the execution of the job is performed irrespective of completion of the log image creation.

2. The computer readable medium according to claim 1 , the function further comprising:

setting ON/OFF of the image logging function, wherein

the creation of the log image, the setting of the creation guarantee level of the log image, and the control of the completion of the job are enabled if the image logging function is set to ON.

3. The computer readable medium according to claim 1 , further comprising:

generating a job log after the execution of the job; and

accumulating the job log in conjunction with the log image created from the image handled in the job.

4. The computer readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein

the creation of the log image indicates creating the log image from the image handled in the job by extracting image data from the job and creating the log image as a representation of the image data in the job.

5. The computer readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein

the creation of the log image indicates creating the log image from the image handled in the job by extracting image data from the job and creating the log image as a representation of the image data in the job.

6. The computer readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the creation guarantee level indicates a security or importance level of the job.

7. The computer readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the creation guarantee level indicates a security or importance level of the job.

8. An image processing method in an image processing device, comprising:

executing a job relating to image processing in the image processing device;

creating a log image from an image handled in the job wherein the log image is created by decreasing an amount of information of the image handled in the job;

setting a creation guarantee level of the log image that determines the timing for the execution of the job;

wherein if the creation guarantee level is set to a high level, controlling the execution of the job to wait until the log image has been created to execute the job,

and wherein if the creation guarantee level is set to a low level, the execution of the job is performed irrespective of completion of the log image creation.

9. An image processing device, comprising:

an execution unit that executes a job;

a creation unit that creates a log image from an image handled in the job wherein the log image is created by decreasing an amount of information of the image handled in the job;

a setting unit that sets a creation guarantee level of the log image that determines the timing for the execution of the job;

and a control unit that controls the execution of the job to wait until the log image has been created to execute the job, if the creation guarantee level is set to a high level;

and the execution of the job is performed irrespective of completion of the log image creation, if the creation guarantee level is set to a low level.

10. An image processing system comprising:

an image processing device executing a job, the image processing device comprising:

an execution unit that executes the job;

a job log generation unit that generates a job log after execution of the job;

a log image creation unit that creates a log image from an image handled in the job wherein the log image is created by decreasing an amount of information of the image handled in the job;

a setting unit that sets a creation guarantee level of the log image that determines the timing for the execution of the job;

a control unit that gives a priority to either one of the execution of the job and the creation of the log image in accordance with the creation guarantee level;

wherein the control unit controls the execution of the job to wait until the log image has been created to execute the job, if the creation guarantee level is set to a high level;

and the execution of the job is performed irrespective of completion of the log image creation, if the creation guarantee level is set to a low level;

and a transfer unit that transfers the job log and the log image to an external device,

and a control server connectable to the image processing device via a network, the control server comprising:

a storage device that stores the job log and the log image transferred from the transfer unit so as to be associated with each other.