Patent ID: 8743395
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a communication unit that communicates with an external apparatus; a prohibition unit that prohibits the communication unit from communicating with the external apparatus when a command for executing initialization with respect to the image forming apparatus is specified; an execution unit that executes a process for accepting set information of the initialization when the prohibition unit prohibits the communication unit from communication with the external apparatus; a control unit that executes a process for informing that the initialization should be executed when an elapsed time of a waiting state where input of the set information is not executed exceeds a given period, wherein the control unit informs a user to execute initialization using a display system; a storage unit that stores the set information accepted by the execution unit; and an acceptance unit that accepts a processing request corresponding to a process using a given piece of the set information, the given piece relating to at least one set item of set items in the initialization, wherein the control unit terminates the process executed by the execution unit and permits the communication unit to communicate with the external apparatus when the elapsed time of the waiting state exceeds a preset period longer than the given period, and the control unit executes a process for informing that the processing request is not executed when the given piece of the set information is not stored in the storage unit.