Image processing system, device, and method having a data management table storing print job setting data for multiple users

A method for processing images based on setting data sent from a data processing device communicably connected to an image processing device, the method comprising:

• requesting options that are settable through a control panel of the image processing device, the settable options being requested from the image processing device;
• receiving the settable options from the image processing device;
• displaying a setting screen to input the setting data for the image processing device, the setting data specifying at least one print condition for processing and printing images at the image processing device, the setting screen including each of the settable options that are settable through the control panel of the image processing device;
• sending the setting data input through the setting screen to the image processing device;
• creating a data management table in which the setting data and management data for specifying the setting data are associated with each other;
• storing the data management table in a storage medium;
• displaying a list of the management data on the control panel based on the data management table, the list being created based on the setting data input through the setting screen:
• reading out setting data stored in the storage medium and associated with the management data selected from the list through the control panel prior to processing and printing the images;
• and
• processing the images based on the setting data, wherein
• the data processing device performs the requesting, the receiving, the displaying of the setting screen and the sending of the setting data, and
• the image processing device performs the creating of the data management table, the storing of the data management table, the displaying of the list, the reading out of the setting data, and the processing of the images.

An image processing device to process images based on setting data for the image processing device sent from a data processing device, the image processing device comprising:

• a transmitting unit to send options that are settable through a control panel of the image processing device, in response to a request from the data processing device, so as to display, at the data processing device, a setting screen to input setting data, the setting data specifying at least one print condition for processing and printing data at the image processing device, the setting screen including each of the settable options that are settable through the control panel of the image processing device;
• a production unit to create a data management table in which the setting data and management data for specifying the setting data are associated with each other, the setting data specifying at least one print condition for processing and printing data at the image processing device;
• a storage unit to store the data management table in a storage medium;
• a display unit to display a list of the management data on the control panel based on the data management table, the list being created based on the setting data input through the setting screen;
• and
• a reading unit to read out the setting data stored in the storage medium based on the data management table prior to processing and printing the data, wherein
• the reading unit reads out setting data associated with the management data selected from the list through the control panel.