An imaging device (10) has a card reader (13), a reflective scanner
(14) and a film scanner (15). The scanners has a pre-scanning mode
of a low resolution and a fine scanning mode of a higher resolution. A preview
image is displayed on the basis of image data taken from an original image through
the scanner in the pre-scanning mode, and a cropping area of the original is designated
on the preview image. An input resolution setting section (26) automatically
sets the higher resolution for the fine scanning in accordance with the original
size of the cropping area, a print size of the cropping area, and an output resolution
of a printer (16). Based on image data taken at the higher resolution from
the cropping area of the original image, the printer prints out an image.