Patent ID: 9253344
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a memory that stores information indicating a first configuration of the printing apparatus, wherein the information is stored in the memory before power is turned on for the printing apparatus; a display; and a processor that operates to: (i) execute one or more programs including a boot program stored in a boot ROM; and (ii) cause the display to display a first print job setting screen, by the execution of the boot program by the processor, for receiving a setting of a printing to be executed, based on the information indicating the first configuration of the printing apparatus stored in the memory, after the power is turned on and before startup of an operating system is completed by the processor, wherein the processor starts the operating system and a hard disk drive (“HDD”) or another storage device via the execution of the boot program, wherein a control program read out from the HDD or the other storage device obtains information indicating a second configuration of the printing apparatus after the first print job setting screen is displayed in or on the display, the second configuration being different from or the same as the first configuration depending on the obtained information, wherein the processor further operates to execute the control program stored in the HDD or the other storage device and to cause the display to display, after the control program obtains the information indicating the second configuration of the printing apparatus, a second print job setting screen, by the execution of the control program by the processor, for receiving a setting of the printing to be executed, based on the information obtained by the control program, wherein the second print job setting screen has taken over the setting of the printing received via the first print job setting screen, wherein, after the startup of the operating system, the processor further operates to at least one of: (i) display a third print job setting screen in or on the display; and (ii) switch to the third print job setting screen from the second print job setting screen or to not switch to the third print job setting screen based on switching status information received by the processor, and wherein the third print job setting screen has taken over the setting of the printing received via the first and second print job setting screens.