Patent ID: 7209265

Claim:
An image processing apparatus, comprising: a scanner including a direct control section configured to control a scanning operation of the scanner so as to input image information from an original document; and a main body configured to process the image information, and including a control section configured to perform an initializing process for the main body, wherein a homing operation of the scanner is performed by the direct control section independently of the initializing process of the control section of the main body, when power is supplied to the image processing apparatus or when the image processing apparatus is returned from a shutdown state, wherein a warm-up of said main body is started when the control section of the main body confirms a completion of the homing operation of the scanner, and wherein when the control section of the main body confirms the completion of the homing operation of the scanner, the control section of the main body supplies necessary data for making an automatic adjustment to the scanner, and the scanner makes the automatic adjustment based on the data supplied from the control section of the main body.