Patent ID: 11936820
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An image forming apparatus connectable to a plurality of types of wireless Local Area Network (LAN) chips, the image forming apparatus comprising at least one memory and at least one processor and/or at least one circuit which function as:
an identification unit configured to identify a capability of a wireless LAN chip connected to the image forming apparatus;
a reception unit configured to receive an instruction to import a setting value represented by import data obtained from an external apparatus different from the wireless LAN chip;
a determination unit configured to determine whether the wireless LAN chip connected to the image forming apparatus is operable at the setting value based on the identified capability; and
a reflection unit configured to reflect the setting value to a specific item of the image forming apparatus related to for the wireless LAN chip connected to the image forming apparatus in a case where it is determined that the wireless LAN chip connected to the image forming apparatus is operable at the setting value.