1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a first memory section which stores the image information given in the page memory; a region recognition section which creates the region recognition signal of the image information simultaneously with storing the information in the first memory section; a second memory section which stores the region recognition signal created by the region recognition section in the page memory; a recognition signal modifying section which reads out and modifies the region recognition signal stored in the second memory section; and an improved picture quality modifying section which reads out the image information stored in the first memory section and modifies the image information in accordance with the region recognition signal modified by the recognition signal modifying section.