Patent ID: 8582126
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A design support method of causing an information processing apparatus to execute software for actually controlling an image forming apparatus in order to simulate controlling of a device constituting the image forming apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: registering, in a storage unit, trigger information for specifying a content of control to be executed when a start condition for switching a control state of the device is satisfied; registering, in the storage unit, an allowable range of a state change timing of the device due to control switched when the start condition is satisfied; and verifying whether the state change timing of the device due to the control switched when the start condition is satisfied falls outside the allowable range, by referring to an operation state of the device which is input through an input unit, and the trigger information registered in the storage unit, wherein the start condition includes information for specifying the device to be controlled and information for indicating a number of passage times of a sheet that has passed through the device to be controlled.