Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a user interface;
• a communication interface;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• perform an approval process of:
• in response to receiving a first request from an apparatus connected via the communication interface, displaying an approval screen on the user interface, the apparatus having transmitted the first request being a requesting apparatus;
• and
• in response to receiving an approval operation to the approval screen via the user interface, approving display of a remote screen, the first request being a request for displaying the remote screen, the remote screen being a screen displayed on the requesting apparatus, the remote screen being a screen that virtually displays the user interface;
• perform a transmission process of, in response to approving the display of the remote screen by the approval process, transmitting remote screen data to the requesting apparatus, the remote screen data being data for allowing the requesting apparatus to display the remote screen;
• and
• after the transmission process, in response to receiving an instruction via the communication interface from the requesting apparatus, perform a particular process based on the instruction, the instruction indicating that a virtual operation using the remote screen has been performed,
• the approval process further including:
• determining whether a communication address satisfies a particular condition, the communication address being an IP address used for communication with the requesting apparatus;
• and
• in response to determining that the communication address satisfies the particular condition, approving the display of the remote screen for the requesting apparatus without displaying the approval screen on the user interface.