摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mechanism in which the application of a remote maintenance service is started only when necessary after an image forming apparatus is restarted.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus determines whether or not a received restart instruction is an instruction by a remote control received from an information processing device. As a determination result, if the restart instruction is not the instruction by the remote control, the image forming apparatus does not start an application for performing a remote control of the image forming apparatus from the information processing device when it is restarted; and, if the restart instruction is the instruction by the remote control, starts the application when it is restarted. |