Image processing apparatus having file server function, and control method and storage medium therefor

摘要

An image processing apparatus having a file server function and capable of using a path notification function according to the way in which the image processing apparatus is utilized by a user. The image forming apparatus does not perform a URI notification, if an image data file is stored into a storage unit of the apparatus via the file server function, or if the file is stored via the file server function from an unregistered data storage source, or if the file was not created by an MFP job, or if the file is stored via the file server function and has a registered file type.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a scanner configured to scan an original; a network interface configured to communicate with an external apparatus via a network; a storage unit configured to store in a specified folder files which are generated from the original in accordance with scanning operation of said scanner or are received from the network through said network interface, the files being accessed by an external apparatus via the network; a setting unit configured to allow a user to set a notification destination; and a control unit configured to, in case where a new file is stored into the specified folder, determine whether or not the new file has been generated in accordance with the scanning operation, wherein said control unit is configured to control said network interface to send an e-mail containing a path of the new file to the notification destination, in a case where it is determined that the new file has been generated in accordance with the scanning operation, wherein said control unit further determines whether or not the new file stored into the specified folder has been received from the network through said network interface, and wherein said control unit does not send the e-mail to the notification destination if said control unit determines that the new file stored into the specified folder has been received from the network through said network interface.