Printing apparatus, control method of the same, and storage medium

A control method of an image processing apparatus configured to perform an access point operation of causing the image processing apparatus to operate as an access point for wireless direct connection with an external apparatus, the method comprising:

• setting, as setting of connection information required for the wireless direct connection, one of a first setting to activate an access point using predetermined connection information when the access point operation is to be started, or a second setting to activate, when the access point operation is to be started, the access point using connection information which is at least different from a previous one;
• and
• controlling to start, if the first setting is set in the setting, the access point operation in a starting operation of shifting the image processing apparatus from a power OFF state to a normal power state, without accepting a start instruction by a user to activate the access point, and start, if the second setting is set in the setting, the access point operation in accordance with accepting the start instruction by a user,
• wherein in both of a case where the first setting is set and a case where the second setting is set, the image processing apparatus is operable to receive information, from an external apparatus which has connected to the access point provided by the image processing apparatus, by wireless communication via the access point, and execute printing processing or scanning and data transmission processing based on the received information.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute a control method of an image processing apparatus configured to perform an access point operation of causing the image processing apparatus to operate as an access point for wireless direct connection with an external apparatus, the method comprising:

• setting, as setting of connection information required for the wireless direct connection, one of a first setting to activate an access point using predetermined connection information when the access point operation is to be started, or a second setting to activate, when the access point operation is to be started, the access point using connection information which is at least different from a previous one;
• and
• controlling to start, if the first setting is set in the setting, the access point operation in a starting operation of shifting the image processing apparatus from a power OFF state to a normal power state, without accepting a start instruction by a user to activate the access point, and start, if the second setting is set in the setting, the access point operation in accordance with accepting the start instruction by a user,
• wherein in both of a case where the first setting is set and a case where the second setting is set, the image processing apparatus is operable to receive information, from an external apparatus which has connected to the access point provided by the image processing apparatus, by wireless communication via the access point, and execute printing processing or scanning and data transmission processing based on the received information.