| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means capable of using the existing operating settings of an image forming apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus connected by a network to a plurality of image forming apparatuses includes an apparatus information retaining means for retaining apparatus information including the identifiers of image forming apparatuses registered as apparatuses usable at the present time or in the past, a search means for searching the network for the image forming apparatus corresponding to the apparatus information retained by the apparatus information retaining means, and a registration requesting means for issuing to the image forming apparatus newly registered by the information processing apparatus as a usable apparatus a registration request for registering the operation setting information defining the operation of the image forming apparatus and registered in the image forming apparatus found by the search means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT</p> |
