An image processing apparatus includes a controller configured to perform: acquiring objective image data, the objective image data being generated by optically reading a manuscript and representing an objective image including a character image indicating a character; determining whether any condition, among conditions including first and second conditions, is satisfied; if the first condition is satisfied, transmitting, to a predetermined communication apparatus, first image data based on the objective image data, the first image data representing the objective image, receiving first processed data from the predetermined communication apparatus; and if the second condition is satisfied, executing, for the objective image data, a predetermined compression processing for reducing size of data representing the character image in the objective image data so as to generate second image data; transmitting the second image data to the predetermined communication apparatus; and receiving second processed data from the predetermined communication apparatus.