Image forming apparatus, image forming apparatus utilization system, and method for generating image data

A method comprising:

• acquiring, using an image forming apparatus, a plurality of combinations of document reading settings and delivery destination information of image data from a storage device configured to store the plurality of combinations;
• displaying, using the image forming apparatus, the plurality of combinations acquired by the image forming apparatus and receive a selection of the plurality of combinations by a user;
• determining, using the image forming apparatus, whether a selection, by a user, of the plurality of selected combinations contain duplicated delivery destination information upon the image forming apparatus receiving the selection;
• and
• controlling, using the image forming apparatus, a transmission of image data such that the image data is transmitted once to a delivery destination corresponding to the duplicated delivery destination information upon the image forming apparatus determining that the selection contain the duplicated delivery destination information.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of combinations of document reading settings and delivery destination information of image data from a storage device configured to store the plurality of combinations;
• a reception unit configured to display the plurality of combinations acquired by the acquisition unit and receive a selection of the plurality of combinations by a user;
• a selection order identification unit configured to determine a selection order of the plurality of combinations selected by the user upon the reception unit receiving the selection;
• a duplication identification unit configured to determine, upon the reception unit receiving the selection, whether the selected plurality of combinations contain duplicated delivery destination information;
• and
• a control unit configured to,
• control, upon the duplication identification unit determining that the selected plurality of combinations selected contain the duplicated delivery destination information, a transmission of image data such that the image data is transmitted once to a delivery destination corresponding to the duplicated delivery destination information, and
• control the transmission of image data such that the image acquired based on the document reading setting included in one of the plurality of combinations containing the duplicated delivery destination information is transmitted to the delivery destination, the selection order of the one of the plurality of combinations being determined by the selection order identification unit as an earliest order.