Image processing apparatus that sends apparatus-specific information email to another image processing apparatus

摘要

An image processing apparatus including: a first email creator to create a first email including first header information and a message body based on a user's request; a second email creator to create a second email including second header information containing a request for acquisition of a status of an external apparatus when the first email is created and to send the second email to the external apparatus; an email analyzer to receive a third email containing a status response to the second email from the external apparatus and to analyze the third email to output an analysis result of whether the external apparatus can receive an email; and a controller to send the first email when the analysis result is that the external apparatus can receive and to notify the user that the external apparatus cannot receive when the analysis result is that the external apparatus cannot receive.

主权项

1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:
an image reader configured to scan a document and create image data; a data converter configured to convert the image data created by the image reader into converted image data in a form attachable to an email; a communication unit configured to exchange emails with external apparatuses via a network; a first email creator configured, based on a user's request that includes an address of a destination external apparatus where the first email is to be sent, to create a first email which includes first header information and a message body and to which the converted image data converted by the data converter is attached; a second email creator configured to create a second email including second header information containing a request for acquisition of the status of the destination external apparatus, and to send the second email to the destination external apparatus through the communication unit after the address of the destination external apparatus has been designated by the user in the user's request and at the same time or before the image reader scans the document; an email analyzer configured to receive a third email containing a status response to the second email from the destination external apparatus through the communication unit and to analyze the third email to output an analysis result of whether the destination external apparatus can print an email; and a controller configured to send the first email through the communication unit when the analysis result by the email analyzer is that the destination external apparatus can print an email and alternatively to notify the user that the destination external apparatus cannot print when the analysis result is that the destination external apparatus cannot print, wherein the email analyzer analyzes the received second header information and requests the first email creator to create the third email including the third header information containing the status response when the second header information contains the status request, and the first email creator creates the third email and sends the third email to the destination external apparatus through the communication unit.