Patent ID: 7262871

Claim:
A data processing apparatus connectable to a LAN, comprising: a receiver, adapted to receive image data sent by a sender, said data processing apparatus being set by the sender as a destination of the image data; a storage unit, adapted to store the image data received by said receiver; a printer, adapted to print an image based on the image data received by said receiver; an identification unit, adapted to obtain user information about a user for whom the image data received by said receiver was received; a transfer unit, adapted to transfer the image data received by said receiver to be printed by said printer from said data processing apparatus to a terminal connected to the LAN through the LAN when it is impossible to store the image data in said storage unit without printing the image based on the image data received by said receiver by said printer; a generation unit, adapted to generate a predetermined notification, based on the user information obtained by said identification unit, to notify the user that the image data has been transferred by said transfer unit from the destination to another destination, the notification including information indicating the terminal to which the image data is transferred by said transfer unit; and a sending unit, adapted to send the predetermined notification generated by said generation unit to the user corresponding to the user information obtained by said identification unit as mail.