Patent ID: 8081344

Claim:
An image processing apparatus configured to connect to a first client apparatus and a second client apparatus via a network, comprising: an image reading unit configured to read a document and generate a first image data; a receiving unit configured to receive a second image data from the first client apparatus; a storing unit configured to store the first image data generated by the image reading unit and the second image data received by the receiving unit; a printing unit configured to print the first image data and the second image data stored by the storing unit; a first request receiving unit configured to receive a first request acquiring at least one of the first image data and the second image data from the second client apparatus; a second request receiving unit configured to receive a format indication; an image data format converting unit configured to convert the first image data or the second image data requested by the first request receiving unit into a converted image data in a format based on the format indication received by the second request receiving unit; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the converted image data converted by the image data format converting unit to the second client apparatus.