Patent ID: 9367774
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G06K

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit that forms an image on a tangible medium; a storage unit which stores setting information and adjustment information to be associated with each other; and a processor to function as: wherein the forming control unit operates the image forming unit depending on the setting information and the adjustment information stored in the storage unit, and the storage control unit, in case that, i) first setting information associated with first adjustment information is introduced, ii) second adjustment information has been stored in the storage unit without any setting information, iii) the second adjustment information has a same name as the first adjustment information associated with the first setting information, and iv) the second adjustment information has a same content as the first adjustment information associated with the first setting information, stores the first setting information in the storage unit to be associated with the second adjustment information without storing the first adjustment information, and in case that, i) the first setting information associated with the first adjustment information is introduced, ii) the second adjustment information has been stored in the storage unit without any setting information, iii) the second adjustment information has the same name as the first adjustment information associated with the first setting information, and iv) the second adjustment information has a different content from the first adjustment information associated with the first setting information, changes the name of the first adjustment information and stores, in addition to the second adjustment information, the first setting information and the first adjustment information with the changed name in the storage unit to be associated with each other without changing a state of the second adjustment information stored in the storage unit.