摘要 |
<p>An image reading apparatus requests an external apparatus (102) to issue an image read instruction, receives the image read instruction which is sent from the external apparatus (102) in response to the request, and generates image data by reading an image in accordance with the image read instruction. The image reading apparatus accepts an instruction as to whether or not to transfer the image data to the external apparatus (102) (S704) The image reading apparatus transfers the image data to the external apparatus (102) when it accepts the transfer instruction (S706).</p> |