An image processing apparatus for outputting a document including a data group containing plural data items is disclosed that includes a storing part configured to store document definition data in which a document kind information is defined in correspondence with an output pattern information, the output pattern information including an output method data and an output condition data, a structured data fabricating part configured to fabricate structured data including the group of data according to the document kind information, an image data fabricating part configured to fabricate image data of the document according to the structured data, an identifying part configured to identify target document definition data among the document definition data that correspond to designated document kind information, and an outputting part configured to output the image data according to the output pattern information corresponding to the document kind information defined in the target document definition data.