Patent ID: 8081333

Claim:
An image transmitting apparatus comprising: a reading condition obtaining unit that obtains a respective first reading condition relating to an image from each of a plurality of external apparatuses via a network; a reading condition determining unit that determines whether a first condition is satisfied that the first reading conditions contain compulsory information indicating compulsory use of that condition and a second condition is satisfied that the first reading conditions are contradicting to each other, and when both the first condition and the second condition are satisfied, sets one of the first reading conditions as a reading condition; an image reading unit that reads an image under the reading condition set by the reading condition determining unit thereby obtaining image data; and an image transmitting unit that transmits the image data to at least one of the plurality of external apparatuses, wherein the image transmitting unit transmits the image data to an external apparatus that has transmitted the first reading condition coinciding with the reading condition set by the reading condition determining unit and an external apparatus that has transmitted the first reading condition provided with arbitrary information indicating that setting the reading condition is arbitrary.