The mfp which has the scan history management function and the method of managing the scan history in the mfp

A multifunctional product and a method for managing a scan history of the multifunctional product are provided to allow a server administrator to easily manage a history related to a scanning work by indicating information related to the scanning work with a bar code. A scanning unit(20) scans a document, and then creates image data for the document. A bar code data creator(30) encodes scan history information related to the scanning operation and creates bar code data corresponding to the scan history information. A controller(90) creates transmission data, in which the bar code data are added to the image data, and then transmits the transmission data to an email address of a user. The scan history information comprises one of a user ID, a user email address, a current IP address of a multifunctional product, a size of the image data, a scanning performing time, and an email address of a recipient.