Abstract: The image processing system of this invention provided with an input controller, a file server, an image setter and a work station each having respectively an independent CPU (microprocessor, microcomputer and the like) allows each unit to operate independently in overlap manner so as to carry out image processing efficiently at a high speed, while a hardcopy or a blockcopy for printing with a high quality image being fit into a frame on a layout pasteboard by means of an image output apparatus can be obtained by interactive-editing information of the layout pasteboard as well as designs and characters synthetically, to minimize the capacity of the memory.