Information processing system reducing inconvenience relating to distance between computer and printer or the like

An information processing method for an information processing system which includes an image forming device having a printing unit and an information processing apparatus connected to the image forming device via a network, said method comprising:

• a display screen sharing step of making said image forming device and said information processing apparatus share a display screen, including
• receiving, by the image forming device, data of a display screen displayed at the information processing apparatus,
• displaying, on a display unit of said image forming device having the printing unit, based on the data of the display screen displayed at the information processing apparatus, the display screen that is displayed at the information processing apparatus,
• detecting an operation event that is input into the display screen displayed at the image forming device, and
• transmitting the operation event from the image forming device to the information processing apparatus;
• and
• a print setting step of causing the information processing apparatus to make a setting to share the printing unit via the network, including
• receiving, by the image forming device from the information processing apparatus, a request for an installer for a printer driver that is necessary for using the printing unit, in response to the operation event transmitted from the image forming device to the information processing apparatus,
• supplying, from the image forming device to the information processing apparatus in response to the request from the information processing apparatus, the installer for the printer driver that is necessary for using the printing unit, and
• causing the installer provided by the image forming device to be activated to install a printer device, for a print job to the printing unit, in the information processing apparatus, and to automatically make a setting necessary to cause the printing unit to print document data stored in the information processing apparatus.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program of instructions executable by a computer, which is connected via a network to an image forming device having a printing unit, and has a display screen thereof displayed on a display unit of said image forming device through display screen sharing, to cause the computer to perform:

• a display screen sharing step of making said image forming device and said computer share a display screen, including
• supplying, from the computer to the image forming device, data of a display screen displayed at the computer,
• causing to be displayed, on the display unit of said image forming device having the printing unit, based on the data of the display screen displayed at the computer, the display screen that is displayed at the computer,
• receiving from the image forming device an operation event that is input into the display screen displayed at the image forming device;
• and
• a print setting step of making a setting to share the printing unit via the network, including
• sending, to the image forming device, a request for an installer for a printer driver that is necessary for using the printing unit, in response to the operation event received from the image forming device,
• activating the installer provided by the image forming device to install a printer device, for a print job to the printing unit, in the computer, and
• automatically making a setting necessary to cause the printing unit to print document data stored in the computer.