Image forming apparatus configured for efficient shipping thereof, method for same, and method and kitting system for efficient installation thereof

摘要

Control processing reads out a serial number of an image forming apparatus from a serial number storage area, and reads out order information corresponding to the serial number from a shipping table written in a shipping table storage area before shipping. In addition, the control processing reads out, from an order table in a USB memory, preset setting information associated with the order information, and writes the read information in a non-volatile storage area. Then, by the system being restarted, a network, printing conditions, and the like are set according to the preset setting information written in the non-volatile storage area.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
writing identification information for identifying an image forming apparatus in each image forming apparatus; selecting image forming apparatuses having a predetermined shipping condition from image forming apparatuses in stock, based on an order table where at least order information for each image forming apparatus and preset setting information for setting for each image forming apparatus when each image forming apparatus is installed have been associated with each other; and writing, in each of the selected image forming apparatuses before shipping, a shipping table where at least the order information for each image forming apparatus and the identification information for each image forming apparatus have been associated with each other, wherein shipping tables having same contents are written in the selected image forming apparatuses.