Patent ID: 8355168

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: output control means for generating, from color data obtained by reading an image of a document as color with an image reading apparatus, output image data used in any one of an image print job, an image transmission job, and an image filing job, and outputting the generated output image data to a job apparatus that performs the corresponding job; color-setting receiving means for receiving an instruction on color setting with respect to the output image data; color/monochrome determination means for determining whether the color image data is image data indicative of a color document or image data indicative of a monochrome document, regardless of which color setting is selected with respect to the output data, the color setting having been received by the color-setting receiving means; storing means for storing a determination result of the color/monochrome determination means and the color image data in a storage device in association with each other; and change instruction receiving means for receiving a change instruction to change the color setting, in a case where the change instruction receiving means receives the change instruction, the output control means generating the output image data, following a color setting that is changed according to the change instruction, on the basis of the determination result and the color image data each stored in the storage device.