Image handling apparatus, image processing system, image process controlling method, and image process controlling program product possible to provide an interface capable of controlling special hardware mounted in the image forming apparatus

An apparatus comprising:

• a display unit;
• a hardware resource including at least one of a scanning unit and a printing unit, the hardware resource is in a same chassis as the display unit;
• a network interface configured to connect to an external apparatus;
• a processor;
• a memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the processor, the one or more programs including instructions for
• sending a request to the external apparatus;
• receiving, in response to the sent request, display control information from the external apparatus, the display control information including data for displaying an input screen in a web browser;
• displaying, on the display unit, the input screen allowing to input a condition setting for forming an image on the apparatus using the hardware resource by parsing the display control information;
• transferring, to the external apparatus, the condition setting input by the input screen which is displayed based on the display data sent from the external apparatus;
• and
• receiving, from the external apparatus, execution instruction data for forming the image on the apparatus using the hardware resource, the execution instruction data being generated by the external apparatus based on the transferred condition setting;
• and
• executing forming the image on the apparatus using the hardware resource based on the received execution instruction data.