Patent ID: 7898677

Claim:
An image processing apparatus including a communicating unit that communicates with a predetermined server apparatus, comprising: a data presence checking unit that communicates with the server apparatus through the communicating unit to check whether a storage unit of the server apparatus stores object data for processing addressed to the image processing apparatus; a data acquisition controlling unit that acquires through the communicating unit the object data for processing addressed to the image processing apparatus and stored in the storage unit of the server apparatus; an energization switching unit that switches the data acquisition controlling unit from energized to non-energized or vice-versa independently of the energization for the communicating unit and the data presence checking unit; and an automatic activating unit that controls the energization switching unit to switch the data acquisition controlling unit into the energized state on the condition that at least the data presence checking unit confirms that the storage unit of the server apparatus stores the object data for processing addressed to the image processing apparatus when the data acquisition controlling unit is in the non-energized state.