Document processing apparatus, method thereof, and program product for executing the method

A document processing apparatus, comprising:

• a scanning request obtaining unit for obtaining a scanning request for the document via a network;
• a scanning condition obtaining unit for obtaining a scanning condition to be applied to the document which document is an object of the scanning request;
• a condition inputting unit for a user to input another scanning condition;
• and
• a machine signature generating unit for generating a first digital signature for a scanned image by using a secret key proper for the document processing apparatus,
• wherein:
• the document is scanned based on the scanning condition obtained by the scanning condition obtaining unit, and
• the condition inputting unit permits changing to include the other scanning condition within the scanning condition obtained by the scanning condition obtaining unit.

A document processing method in a document processing apparatus, comprising the steps of:

• managing a plurality of scanning conditions to be applied to the document based on a category of the document;
• obtaining a scanning request for the document;
• determining the category of the document which document is an object of the scanning request;
• determining the scanning condition to be applied to the document which document is the object of the scanning request which determined scanning condition is based on the determined category and is selected from the managed scanning conditions;
• and
• inputting, by a user, another scanning condition;
• wherein
• the document is scanned based on the another scanning condition which has been input, and
• the inputting, based on a result determined by the determining the scanning condition, replaces a part of the scanning condition in the scanning condition to be applied to the document, which is the object of the scanning request, with the another scanning condition.