Patent ID: 8643893
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An operation-definition-file creating apparatus comprising: a storing unit that stores therein a setting data file in which setting data is defined, the setting data including a setting value; a determining unit configured to determine whether the setting value of the setting data corresponds to a setting item for an image forming apparatus; a creating unit configured to create, on the basis of the setting data, operation definition data in which an operation for the setting item, and respective commands corresponding to the operation, are defined in the operation definition data, if the determining unit determines that the setting value corresponds to a setting item for the image forming apparatus; and a saving unit that saves the created operation definition data in an external storage medium, the determining unit configured to determine whether the setting data is data related to a printer job language for the image forming apparatus, when the determining unit determines that the setting data is the data related to the printer job language, the creating unit further configured to create, using a command for the printer job language, a command file described in the printer job language, and the saving unit configured to save the created command file in the external storage medium.