Patent ID: 7492475
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus operable in various modes and having a unique identification data, comprising: a storage section that stores the unique identification data, the unique identification data including at least a vendor ID assigned to a manufacturer of the printing apparatus and a product ID assigned to the printing apparatus as model information, a password storing section that stores a unique password, a receiving section that receives, from an external device, input information including apparatus information, operation information provided in association with the apparatus information and a password, the operation information being used for setting an operation of an apparatus identified by the apparatus information; a discriminating section that judges whether the password is appropriately input by comparing the password to the stored unique password and discriminates relevant operation information based on relevant apparatus information indicating the unique identification data, the relevant apparatus information and the relevant operation information being in association with each other and received at the receiving section as the input information; wherein the apparatus information received at the receiving section includes a vendor ID and a product ID of the target printing apparatus, and when the vendor ID and the product ID included in the apparatus information are in coincidence with the corresponding IDs stored in the storage section, the discriminating section discriminates the relevant operation information, a setting section that sets an operation to be performed in a selected mode based on the relevant operation information discriminated by the discriminating section and if the discriminating section judges that the password is entered correctly, a changing section that changes the unique password to a new unique password based on a command, the command being further includes in the input information and changing the unique password stored in the password section and the discriminating section discriminates the new unique password.