DOCUMENT ACQUIRING DEVICE, DOCUMENT FILING SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT NOTARIZING SYSTEM

摘要

An image processing apparatus that has at least one of a scanning function, a printing function, a copying function, and a facsimile function, and is connected via a communication channel to a server storing image data includes: a memory storing image information printed on or scanned from a paper sheet; a transfer unit automatically transferring appendant information specifying the image information to the server together with the image information irrespective of the presence or absence of an explicit command to transfer from a user; a display operating unit displaying a list of a plurality of users so as to obtain a user name as the appendant information so that the user selects the user name; and user name initial-part search and selective display means for performing a search on the user names by initial parts thereof using at least one letter or figure entered from the display operating unit and displaying a result.