1. A network device comprising: a controller configured to generate a first request, wherein the first request initiates, via a cloud, scanning of a document via a scanner, wherein the cloud comprises a service device and a document device, and wherein the service device is separate from the document device; a transmitter configured to, prior to the scanner scanning the document, transmit the first request from the network device to the service device; and a receiver configured to, based on the first request received at the service device and subsequent to the scanner scanning the document, receive an image file transmitted from the document device to the network device without prior transmission of the image file from the document device to the service device, wherein the image file includes an image of the document.