To provide an image management apparatus capable of utilizing a plurality of image servers without confusion.

Management information of images transmitted to a plurality of image severs is totally stored and regardless of to which one of image servers an image is transmitted, management information is displayed, printing or the like is instructed from the management information, or the management information is retrieved. The management information is based on common rules. An instruction is individually converted and transported to servers out of the standard. A plurality of image servers cooperate to be trusted with image communication or instruction execution each other. Service menus of the plurality of image servers are totally displayed. Each image server reports an illegal instruction.