# US 2021/0342107 A1 · Image forming apparatus, control method of image forming apparatus, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0342107 A1 - Document ID: US20210342107A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/240,464 - Filed: 2021-04-26 - Published: 2021-11-04 - Earliest claimed: 2020-04-30 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Takeshi Kaneda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210342107A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/1257: {by using pre-stored settings, e.g. job templates, presets, print styles} - G06F 3/1204: {resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data} - G06F 3/1205: {resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets} - G06F 3/1286: {via local network} - G06F 3/1287: {via internet} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store setting values of a plurality of setting items and identification information in association with each other, a receiving unit configured to receive an acquisition request for the identification information stored in the storage unit, from a predetermined print service, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, based on the received acquisition request, the stored identification information, and information for setting a first setting item unsettable in a predetermined print service associated with the identification information, in the predetermined print service, to the predetermined print service, and not to transmit information for setting a second setting item unsettable in the predetermined print service associated with the identification information, in the predetermined print service, to the predetermined print service. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image forming apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store setting values of a plurality of setting items and identification information in association with each other; a receiving unit configured to receive an acquisition request for the identification information stored in the storage unit, from a predetermined print service; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, based on the received acquisition request, the stored identification information, and information for setting a first setting item unsettable in a predetermined print service associated with the identification information, in the predetermined print service, to the predetermined print service, and not to transmit information for setting a second setting item unsettable in the predetermined print service associated with the identification information, in the predetermined print service, to the predetermined print service. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores a setting value of a setting item settable in the predetermined print service, in association with the identification information, and wherein the transmission unit transmits the setting value of the setting item settable in the predetermined print service that is stored in association with the identification information, to the predetermined print service based on the received acquisition request. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information for performing a setting of the first setting item in the predetermined print service includes at least one of a data type, a value range, or a default value of the first setting item. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined print service is a print service that cannot perform a setting of the first setting item without information for performing a setting of the first setting item in the predetermined print service. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of setting items includes both of an item settable by the print service without information for performing a setting of the first setting item in the predetermined print service, and the first setting item. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined print service displays a print setting screen on an information processing apparatus, and wherein the transmission unit transmits information for performing a setting of the first setting item in the predetermined print service, to the information processing apparatus based on identification information corresponding to the first setting item being selected on the print setting screen. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a selection unit configured to select the first setting item from among the plurality of setting items, and select the second setting item from among the plurality of setting items. ### Claim 8 A control method of an image forming apparatus, the control method comprising: storing setting values of a plurality of setting items and identification information in association with each other; receiving an acquisition request for the stored identification information from a predetermined print service; and based on the received acquisition request, transmitting the stored identification information, and information for setting a first setting item unsettable in a predetermined print service associated with the identification information, in the predetermined print service, to the predetermined print service, and not transmitting information for setting a second setting item unsettable in the predetermined print service associated with the identification information, in the predetermined print service, to the predetermined print service.