Image processing system and image processing apparatus

An image processing apparatus connected to a different image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus comprising:

• a reader configured to read an image of a document as image data;
• a storage configured to store job information including the image data and a transmission condition of the image data;
• a request unit configured to transmit a job request to the different image processing apparatus together with identifier information for specifying the job information and control information for controlling job execution scheduling based on which a job corresponding to the job information is executed such that the request unit requests the different image processing apparatus to execute the job corresponding to the job information based on the job execution scheduling;
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• an introducing unit configured to introduce the job information to the different image processing apparatus.

An image processing apparatus connected to a different image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive a job executing request as a job, the job executing request containing identifier information for specifying job information including image data read by the different image processing apparatus and a transmission condition of the image data, and control information for controlling job execution scheduling based on which the job corresponding to the job information is executed;
• a job executing unit configured to execute the job corresponding to the job information requested by the different image processing apparatus;
• a determining unit configured to determine whether to acquire the job information from the different image processing apparatus based on the job execution scheduling;
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• an acquiring unit configured to acquire the job information from the different image processing apparatus based on a determined result supplied by the determining unit.