Screen generating apparatus, screen generating system, and screen generating method

A screen generating system comprising:

• a server;
• and
• an image forming apparatus;
• the server including,
• a first memory having stored therein a screen position information, the screen position information file indicating a font size of a font included in a screen of a setting computer, font dimension information, and position information of an image or a part included in the screen of the setting computer, the position information including a coordinate position of the image or the part included in the screen, the coordinate position indicating a position relative to an endpoint associated with the screen, and
• the image forming apparatus including,
• a second memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon;
• and
• at least one processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to,
• acquire the screen position information file from the server;
• acquire a first screen display size of a first display device, the first display device associated with of the image forming apparatus;
• calculate a magnification by using a second display size of a second display device, the second display device associated with of the setting computer and the acquired first screen display size;
• determine a font size in the first display device associated with the image forming apparatus based on the calculated magnification;
• convert the font size, the font dimension information, and the position information indicated by the screen position information file based on the calculated magnification and the determined font size;
• and
• generate a screen for the image forming apparatus that is compatible with the converted screen position information file.

A screen generating method for a screen generating system that includes a server and an image forming apparatus, the screen generating method comprising:

• at the server,
• storing, a screen position information file, the screen position information file indicating a font size of a font included in a screen of a setting computer, font dimension information, and position information of an image or a part included in the screen of the setting computer, the position information including a coordinate position of the image or the part included in the screen, the coordinate position indicating a position relative to an endpoint associated with the screen;
• and
• at the image forming apparatus,
• acquiring the screen position information file from the server,
• acquiring a first screen display size of a first display device, the first display device associated with of the image forming apparatus,
• calculating a magnification by using a second display size of a second display device, the second display device associated with of the setting computer and the acquired first screen display size,
• determining a font size in the first display device on the calculated magnification,
• converting the font size, the font dimension information, and the position information indicated by the screen position information file based on the calculated magnification and the determined font size, and
• generating a screen for the image forming apparatus that is compatible with the converted screen position information file.

An image forming apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

• acquire a screen position information file from a setting computer, the screen position information file indicating a font size of a font included in a screen of the setting computer, font dimension information, and position information of an image or a part included in the screen of the setting computer, the position information including a coordinate position of the image or the part included in the screen, the coordinate position indicating a position relative to an endpoint associated with the screen;
• acquire a first screen display size of a first display device, the first display device associated with of the image forming apparatus;
• calculate a magnification by using a second display size of a second display device, the second display device associated with of the setting computer and the acquired first screen display size;
• determine a font size in the first display device of the image forming apparatus based on the calculated magnification;
• convert the font size, the font dimension information, and the position information indicated by the screen position information file based on the calculated magnification and the determined font size;
• and
• generate a screen for the image forming apparatus that is compatible with the converted screen position information file.