Patent ID: 9723024
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A management apparatus that manages a plurality of image forming apparatuses including a first image forming apparatus compliant with a setting management function that enables, by a specific authority, an operation of a plurality of setting values that are sorted into a prescribed policy and included in setting information for the image forming apparatus, and a second image forming apparatus, different from the first image forming apparatus, non-compliant with the setting management function, comprising: a memory storing instructions; and a processor which can execute the instructions causing the management apparatus to: output information indicating that the setting values have been changed as a notice as distinguished from the warning if it is determined that the image forming apparatus that is the transmission source is the first image forming apparatus, and wherein the change, in the case where it is determined that the image forming apparatus that is the transmission source is the first image forming apparatus, is a change of the setting values according to the specific authority.