Patent ID: 8625116

Claim:
A multi-function device comprising: an information obtaining unit configured to obtain, from each of a plurality of color printers, identification information of the color printer and a data format that the color printer is capable of interpreting; a color printer storage unit configured to store, for each of the plurality of color printers, an association of the identification information of the color printer and the data format that the color printer is capable of interpreting; a selection unit configured to select identification information of a specific color printer from a plurality of identification information stored in the color printer storage unit; a data format obtaining unit configured to obtain, from the color printer storage unit, a specific data format being associated with the identification information of the specific color printer; a color-scanning unit configured to color-scan an object to be scanned; a monochrome-printing unit configured to monochrome-print based on first image data representing an object scanned by the color-scanning unit; an inquiring unit configured to inquire with the identification information of the specific color printer selected by the selection unit as a destination, whether the specific color printer is in a printable state; a data conversion unit configured to convert specific image data representing an object color-scanned by the color-scanning unit into second image data having the specific data format after receiving a response from the specific color printer indicating that the specific color printer is in the printable state; an instruction input allowing unit configured to allow a user to input an instruction; and an image sending unit configured to send the second image data representing the object color-scanned by the color-scanning unit with the identification information of the specific color printer selected by the selection unit as a destination, if a predetermined instruction is input in the instruction input allowing unit.