A digital copying machine comprising an image scanner part for reading an original
image to reproduce image data of the original image, a laser printer part for printing
an image according to given image data, a removable memory card, and a reader/writer
of the memory card is provided. For offline print, the image data of a document
prepared in an external computer and output control data are stored into the memory
card. By installing this memory card in the digital copying machine, the digital
copying machine prints the image data read out from the memory card offline in
a desired output form. For offline image input, read control data obtained by using
an image scanner such as a read gradation level, a read size, density, and the
degree of edge enhancement is stored in the removable memory card using software
executed in an external computer. By installing this storage medium in the digital
copying machine and setting an original to be read in the digital copying machine,
the original image is read according to the read control data stored in the memory
card, and the obtained image data is stored into the memory card.
