Patent ID: 8111416

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a reading unit that acquires an image read by scanning a first paper medium with a scanning unit; a code acquiring unit that extracts a predetermined code image from the image acquired by the reading unit, decodes the code image, and acquires paper identification information for identifying the first paper medium; a communication unit that performs data communication with a server apparatus that includes a service-information storing unit and a service-information control unit, the service-information storing unit storing first service information for specifying an electronic-information control unit that manages electronic information for specifying a print object electronic document stored in an electronic-document storing unit, the electronic information being stored in an electronic-information storing unit in association with electronic identification information for identifying the electronic information, and second service information for specifying a paper-information control unit that manages paper information including print source information for specifying a print source of the first paper medium and stored in a paper-information storing unit in association with paper identification information for identifying a print object paper medium, the service-information control unit managing the first service information and the second service information; a paper-information acquiring unit that judges, based on the paper identification information acquired by the code acquiring unit, types of the paper identification information, acquires, according to the types, the second service information for specifying the paper-information control unit that manages the paper information stored in the paper-information storing unit in association with the paper identification information, accesses the paper-information control unit using the second service information, and acquires the paper information from the paper-information control unit; an electronic-document acquiring unit that acquires, using the print source information included in the paper information acquired by the paper-information acquiring unit, the first service information for specifying the electronic-information control unit that manages the electronic information for specifying the print object electronic document from the service-information control unit of the server apparatus via the communication unit, accesses the electronic-information control unit using the first service information, acquires the electronic information from the electronic-information control unit, and acquires the electronic document specified by the electronic information; and a printing unit that forms a print image using the electronic document acquired by the electronic-document acquiring unit and prints the print image on a second paper medium.