IMAGE OUTPUT SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the risk of data leakage without causing a user to feel troublesomeness in providing the output service of content data through a network. SOLUTION: In this image processing system provided with a server unit 2 which manages content data to be provided for users, terminal devices 3 which the users operate, image output units 4 each having a function which outputs the content data, and a network circuit 1 which connects these devices to one another, the terminal device 3 performs the issuing of reservation information corresponding to an output demand of content data by printing-out reservation information on a recording medium, and the image output unit 4 performs an input of the reservation information that is the condition of an output of content data by reading optically the reservation information from the recording medium to which the reservation information is print-outputted. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI