摘要 |
An image forming apparatus (1;2;3) stores a settings keyword, receives a Probe message including a search keyword from a client apparatus (5) via a network (4), retrieves the search keyword from the Probe message, determines whether or not the search keyword from the Probe message matches the stored settings keyword, and transmits a ProbeMatch message to the client apparatus (5) if the search keyword from the Probe message matches the stored settings keyword. Further, the image forming apparatus (1;2;3) stores setting data, searches for another image forming apparatus (1;2;3) having a function of transmitting the setting data based on a keyword search using WS-Discovery, requests the setting data from the specified another image forming apparatus (1;2;3), generates new setting data based on the setting data received from the another image forming apparatus, and stores the new setting data. |