Next, in the PUSH scan action and the operation sequence among the user, the MFP1 and the PC in the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2, 3A, 3B, and 3C. This PUSH scan, as described above, is a scan action which starts a scan by the initiative of a peripheral apparatus (MFP1 in the present embodiment) side, and transmits a data to the PC.