Patent ID: 7724387

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a storing unit which stores image data read from an original by a reading unit; an image processing unit which selectively executes image processing on the image data stored in said storing unit to produce first mode image data based on a first image condition from the image data and to produce second mode image data based on a second image condition; and a sending unit which sends the processed image data to an external equipment, wherein the first mode image data is produced by said image processing unit based on a first command received from the external equipment, and the first mode image data is sent to the external equipment by said sending unit, and after sending the first mode image data, a second command is received from the external equipment and the second mode image data different from the first mode image data is produced from the image data stored in said storing unit based on the second command received from the external equipment, and is sent to the external equipment by said sending unit.