Patent ID: 8472045

Claim:
An image-processing apparatus having a memory, the image-processing apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to input print-setting data and print-target-file data; a searching unit configured to search processing data corresponding to the print-setting data from the memory; a specifying unit configured to specify transmission source information of the print -target-file data responsive to the processing data corresponding to the print-setting data not being searched by the searching unit; an inquiring unit configured to inquiry the processing data to an external device of the transmission source information specified by the specifying unit; a receiving unit configured to receive receiving information from the external device in response to the inquiry by the inquiring unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether acquirable processing data is included in the receiving information; a transmitting unit configured to transmit a transfer request of the acquirable processing data to the external device in response to the determination unit determining that the acquirable processing data is included in the receiving information; an acquisition unit configured to acquire the processing data corresponding to the print -setting data in response to the transfer request transmitted by the transmitting unit; and a print-processing-execution unit configured to generate print data by using the processing data acquired by the acquisition unit and execute print processing, wherein the searching unit searches the processing data from the memory before the acquisition unit acquires the processing data from the external device.