Host apparatus, image forming apparatus, and method of managing security settings

摘要

An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a storage unit which stores security settings information of the image forming apparatus, an image forming unit to perform an image forming job, a function management unit which controls the functions of the image forming unit, a communications interface unit which is connected to a host apparatus, and a security settings management unit which transmits stored security settings information through the communications interface unit and changes stored security settings information according to a packet of changing the received security settings, if a packet of changing the security settings is received from the host apparatus through the communications interface unit.