Patent ID: 8327037

Claim:
An operation screen generating system comprising: a plurality of image output devices which are respectively connected to a network, and which output images on the basis of image data and information relating to output formats of images, which image data and information are transmitted via the network; an input device including: an image data input section for input of image data; a display-and-input section at which is displayed an operation screen which is generated on the basis of a signal for generating the operation screen, and which is for input, from the operation screen which is displayed, of information which designates an image output device which is to output an image, and information which relates to the output format of the image to be outputted from the image output device which is designated; a transmitting section which transmits a screen generation requesting signal for generating the operation screen of the image output device, the screen generation requesting signal including a display condition which indicates one of displaying all attribute information of the plurality of image output devices connected to the network, displaying only attribute information of the image output device having color printing function, or displaying only attribute information of the image output device among the plurality of image devices belonging to a group specified in advance; and a memory which stores user interface parts, which are elements of screen information; an attribute information registering section in which all attribute information of the plurality of image output devices connected to the network are stored; and a management device which is connected to the network and which is connected to the attribute information registering section, wherein the management device generates the signal for generating the operation screen, from the screen generating requesting signal which is received from the input device and attribute information among all attribute information which is registered and stored in the attribute information registering section, based on the attribute information of the image output device, corresponding to the display condition included in the screen generation requesting signal which is received from the input device, and the management device transmits the generated signal for generating the operation screen to the input device, wherein the input device generates the operation screen based on the user interface part stored in the memory and the attribute information included in the signal for generating the operation screen which is transmitted from the management device.