Image handling apparatus having file system emulation means

摘要

An image forming apparatus which is used with an external host computer. The image forming apparatus includes an interface for connecting the image forming apparatus to the external host computer. The image forming apparatus further includes a file system emulator which emulates a file system contained in the disk storage apparatus of the external host computer. The file system emulator makes the image forming apparatus look like the disk storage apparatus to the external host computer connected to the image forming apparatus to transfer images from the external host computer to the image forming apparatus via the interface device.