APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING UP A NEW NETWORK PRINTER

摘要

A device and a method for setting a peripheral are provided to automatically generate setting information of the new peripheral by automatically setting the setting information of a master peripheral previously installed to the network to the new peripheral newly installed to the network. A setting information obtainer(244) obtains the setting information of the master peripheral(210) in the network. A setting part(252) sets up the new peripheral newly installed to the network by reflecting the obtained setting information. A setting information requester(242) requests transfer of the setting information. A responder(240) of the master peripheral transfers the setting information and information for a protocol used to transfer the setting information to the responder by responding to a transfer request. A peripheral searcher(238) multicasts response request data to be responded by the master peripheral to more than one peripheral installed to the network. A setting information analyzer(250) extracts a setting value included in the setting information by analyzing the obtained setting information.