Image forming apparatus having a scanner, information processing system having the same, and information processing method using the same

An information processing system including a information processing apparatus operated by a user and an image forming apparatus having an image processing function, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• a scanner;
• a memory storing a program;
• and
• a circuitry configured to execute the program to implement processes of
• accepting an input of server information to be registered in the image forming apparatus for establishing connection between the image forming apparatus and a server apparatus via a network;
• determining whether the accepted server information is valid in advance of registering connection destination information including the server information in the image forming apparatus;
• and
• registering the connection destination information in the image forming apparatus;
• and
• transmitting image data scanned by the scanner to the server apparatus using the registered connection destination information,
• wherein the determining is performed after the server information is input and after an operation for a screen transition of an operation panel of the image forming apparatus is performed.

An image forming method that is implemented by an image forming apparatus having a scanner and an image processing function, the information processing method comprising:

• accepting an input of server information to be registered in the image forming apparatus for establishing connection between the image forming apparatus and a server apparatus via a network;
• determining whether the accepted server information is valid in advance of registering connection destination information including the server information in the image forming apparatus;
• and
• registering the connection destination information in the image forming apparatus;
• and
• transmitting image data scanned by the scanner to the server apparatus using the registered connection destination information,
• wherein the determining is performed after the server information is input and after an operation for a screen transition of an operation panel of the image forming apparatus is performed.