1. A document management system, comprising: a scanning unit for reading a document and generating image data; an image data storing unit for storing a scanned image file; and a document management server that includes a destination folder for storing the scanned image file, and a file name conversion table; wherein the scanning unit acquires a document identifier assigned to the document using the image data generated by the scanning unit, assigns a file name to the image data based on the document identifier, stores the document in the image data storing unit as the scanned image file, and the document management server acquires the scanned image file stored in the image data storing unit, specifies a destination folder based on the document identifier contained in the file name of the scanned image file using the file name conversion table, and stores the scanned image file in the destination folder.
1. A document management system, comprising: a scanning unit for reading a document and generating image data; an image data storing unit for storing a scanned image file; and a document management server that includes a destination folder for storing the scanned image file, and a file name conversion table; wherein the scanning unit acquires a document identifier assigned to the document using the image data generated by the scanning unit, assigns a file name to the image data based on the document identifier, stores the document in the image data storing unit as the scanned image file, and the document management server acquires the scanned image file stored in the image data storing unit, specifies a destination folder based on the document identifier contained in the file name of the scanned image file using the file name conversion table, and stores the scanned image file in the destination folder. 10. The document management system according to claim 1 , wherein the scanning unit is configured to acquire the document identifier assigned to the document by being further configured to compare the image data generated by the scanning unit with image patterns stored in a template database, to select a portion of the document based on which particular template is found to match the document in the comparison, and to perform a character recognition process on the selected portion of the document.