Patent ID: 8804166

Claim:
A first image processing apparatus for executing a job in cooperation with a second image processing apparatus being connectable to the first image processing apparatus via a network, the first image processing apparatus comprising: a scanner that scans an image on an original and generates image data; a receiver that receives, from the second image processing apparatus, function information of the second image processing apparatus, which prints the image data generated by the scanner; a processor coupled to a memory and programmed to function (i) a determination unit that determines whether or not the second image processing apparatus has a color print capability based on the function information received by the receiver, (ii) a display control unit that, in a case where the determination unit has determined that the second image processing apparatus has the color print capability, and the first image processing apparatus has the color scan capability, controls display of a scan setting screen on a display device according to a job to be performed, such that settings of both the color scan function and monochrome scan function are selectable on the scan setting screen by a user, in a case where the determination unit has determined that the second image processing apparatus does not have the color print capability, and the first image processing apparatus has the color scan capability, controls display of the scan setting screen, such that settings of the color scan function are not selectable and settings of the monochrome scan function are selectable on the scan setting screen by a user, and (iii) a decision unit that decides a scan setting for the job in accordance with information inputted via the scan setting screen; and a transmitter that transmits the image data generated by scanning the image in accordance with the scan setting decided by the decision unit to the second image processing apparatus.