To provide a method, a system and an apparatus for forming clip images and a coloring printer whereby clip images can be cut along outlines to sheets for half cutting, and high-quality coloring is enabled to clip images.

There are provided a personal computer 2 which is constituted to be able to form image information of clip images and can set a coloring region including a clip image part Aa on the basis of image information, a cutting plotter 3 for cutting clip images along outlines on the basis of image information to the sheet A for half cutting, and a printer 4 for coloring and printing to the set coloring region in the sheet A for half cutting.