Patent ID: 7595901

Claim:
An imaging apparatus being capable of mounting a removable memory for storing JPEG-encoded image data, and outputting image data to a printing apparatus, comprising: a determination unit configured to determine a type of the printing apparatus connected via an interface; a selection unit configured to select a type of image data to be output to the printing apparatus among the JPEG-encoded image data and bitmap image data, on the basis of a result determined by said determination unit; and a conversion unit configured to convert the JPEG-encoded image data read out from the removable memory into the bitmap image data, in a case that said selection unit selects the bitmap image data, wherein said conversion unit converts the JPEG-encoded image data into the bitmap image data prior to a reception of an instruction from the printing apparatus, representing a timing at which the image data is to be transmitted, a designation unit configured to designate printing of image data; a requesting unit configured to issue a print request to the printing apparatus in response to a designation by said designation unit; a reception unit configured to receive a transmission request of the image data to be printed from the printing apparatus in response to the print request issued by said requesting unit; and a unit configured to read out the JPEG-encoded image data from the removable memory and transmit the JPEG-encoded image data to the printing apparatus in response to the receipt by said reception unit of the transmission request, in a case that said selection unit selects the JPEG-encoded image data.