Image processing apparatus and image processing method

An image processing method comprising:

• receiving scan settings made by an application installed on an information processing apparatus and compatible with image processing apparatuses of a plurality of vendors in common from the information processing apparatus;
• scanning an image of a document based on the received scan settings and generating image data;
• executing a removal process on the generated image data based on a setting of removal included in the received scan settings;
• and
• transmitting image data that is not removed by the removal process in the generated image data to the information processing apparatus,
• wherein the removal process is executed based on the setting of the removal included in the received scan settings and a level of the removal set regardless of execution of the application.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for executing an image processing method, the method comprising:

• receiving scan settings made by an application installed on an information processing apparatus and compatible with image processing apparatuses of a plurality of vendors in common from the information processing apparatus;
• scanning an image of a document based on the received scan settings and generating image data;
• executing a removal process on the generated image data based on a setting of removal included in the received scan settings;
• and
• transmitting image data that is not removed by the removal process in the generated image data to the information processing apparatus,
• wherein the removal process is executed based on the setting of the removal included in the received scan settings and a level of the removal set regardless of execution of the application.