Patent ID: 8576426

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an accepting unit configured to accept an output instruction to output a single file containing a plurality of images from a user; an outputting unit configured to output at least one of the plurality of images contained in the file specified to be output based on the output instruction; a selecting unit configured to specify images which are associated with each other from among the plurality of images contained in the file specified to be output, and to select at least one image from among the specified images; a setting unit configured to set a condition for image selection by the selecting unit, wherein the selecting unit selects at least one image that meets the condition set by the setting unit from among the specified images associated with each other, wherein the specified images associated with each other are a color image and a monochrome image which have same contents, wherein the setting unit is capable of setting a first condition for selecting a monochrome image from among the specified images associated with each other, and, when the first condition is set by the setting unit, the selecting unit selects a monochrome image from among the specified images associated with each other; and a controlling unit configured to cause the outputting unit to output the image, selected by the selecting unit, in accordance with the acceptance of the output instruction by the accepting unit.