Patent ID: 6947182

Claim:
A data processing apparatus comprising: connecting means for connecting to a network; processing means for executing a job which involves processing image data; transferring means for transferring log information, indicating the results for a job executed by said processing means, and image data which was processed by the job corresponding to the log information to a predetermined terminal on the network via said connecting means; setting means for setting, for each user of a plurality of users, whether or not the log information and the image data are to be transferred to the predetermined terminal by said transferring means; determining means for determining a user who has given an instruction for executing the job by said processing means; and control means for controlling said transferring means such that the log information of the job and the image data processed by the job corresponding to the log information are transferred to the predetermined terminal in a case where it is set by said setting means that the log information and the image data are to be transferred for the user determined by said determining means; wherein said control means causes said transferring means to transfer, to the predetermined terminal, the log information of the job and the image data processed by the job corresponding to the log information even though the job is to output the image data to a destination other than the predetermined terminal.