Expansion information processing module for image information processing apparatus, settings information inheriting method, and setting information inheriting program

An information processing module which, under circumstances where a first expansion information processing module is installed, is installable in an image information processing apparatus having a first information processing module, including:

• an expansion information processing section for controlling the image information processing apparatus;
• and a data relaying section for relaying data to the expansion information processing section or the first information processing module, transmits its own settings information to the expansion information processing module, in response to a request for settings information from the expansion information processing module.

A settings information inheriting program stored in a computer readable storage medium for causing a computer to realize a settings information inheriting method for inheriting settings information of a previously installed information processing module to an expansion information processing module, additionally installed to an image information processing apparatus, having a router function, the method comprising the steps of:

• the expansion information processing module requesting the settings information to the information processing module;
• the expansion information processing module receiving the settings information from the information processing module;
• and the expansion information processing module performing settings on the router function according to the received settings information.