Patent ID: 7508540

Claim:
An image input/output apparatus capable of communicating with another image input/output apparatus through a communication medium for outputting inputted image data, comprising: image input unit configured to input image data; obtaining unit configured to obtain sheet information of recording sheets held by the another image input/output apparatus; display unit configured to display, based on the sheet information obtained by said obtaining unit, the sheet information of recording sheets commonly held by the another image input/output apparatus and the own image input/output apparatus for outputting the image data inputted by said image input unit; sheet selection unit configured to select an output sheet size used in outputting the image data on the basis of the sheet information displayed by said display unit; and output control unit configured to control the own image input/output apparatus and the another image input/output apparatus to output the image data on sheets of which size corresponds to the output sheet size selected by said sheet selection unit.