Firstly, an overall configuration of an image processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to 
The image processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment is, as one example, a multifunction peripheral having multiple functions such as a scan function to acquire an image data from an original document, a print function to form an image based on the image data, a facsimile function, and a copy function. The image processing apparatus 10 is simply required to have an image processing function including at least either one of a function to form an image or a function to acquire an image data, and may be a printer, a scanner, a facsimile apparatus, and a copier, for example.