Patent ID: 7301662

Claim:
A control system for an image processing apparatus wherein an image data, controlled by a terminal device having an input device, is outputted to an image processing apparatus having which has a plurality of functions optionally selectable by a user, and the image processing apparatus executes one of the plurality of functions selected by the user, the control system comprising: a file icon display for displaying, on a monitor screen of the terminal device, file icons representing at least parts of image data files controlled by the terminal device; a printer icon display for displaying, on the monitor screen, a single printer icon composed of a plurality of parts representative of the plurality of functions of the image processing apparatus, the parts being individually selectable by the user to effect execution of the correspond function by the image processing apparatus; a pointer moving unit for moving a pointer on the monitor screen in response to user's operation on the input device of the terminal device; a file icon moving unit for moving a file icon pointed by the pointer, following movement of the pointer when the pointer points the file icon out of file icons displayed on the monitor screen, and at the same time a switch of the input device is being turned on; and an image data output unit for outputting image data represented by the pointed file icon along with data of setting of the function corresponding to the part of the printer icon where the switch of the input device is turned off with the pointed file icon being overlapped with the part of the printer icon.