Method for setting option based on installation environment
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorSeung-Hae YANG
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Abstract
An example image forming includes a print engine to form an image, a display to display a user interface window for selecting at least one of an industry or a place using the image forming apparatus, and a processor to, based on at least one of the industry or the place being selected, set an option value corresponding to the at least one of the selected industry or place as a default option value for a function of the image forming apparatus.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a print engine to form an image;
- a display to display a user interface window for selecting at least one of an industry or a place using the image forming apparatus;
- and
- a processor to, based on at least one of the industry or the place being selected, set an option value corresponding to the at least one of the selected industry or place as a default option value for a function of the image forming apparatus.
A server device, comprising:
- a memory to store an operation value for each of a plurality of image forming apparatuses classified by an industry or a place;
- a communication device to communicate with an image forming apparatus;
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- a processor to, based on receiving information on at least one of the industry or the place from the image forming apparatus, generate a setting profile including information on an option value to be applied to the image forming apparatus based on the received information on the at least one of the industry or the place and the stored option value, and control the communication device to transmit the generated setting profile to the image forming apparatus.
An initial option setting method of an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- displaying a user interface window for selecting at least one of an industry or a place using the image forming apparatus;
- selecting at least one of the industry or the place;
- and
- setting an option value corresponding to the at least one of the selected industry or place as a default option value for a function of the image forming apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.