Patent ID: 7522296

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition component that communicates over a network with a device that is a server, which controls a plurality of processing devices including the image processing apparatus so that a series of processes are applied to document data by the processing devices, the acquisition component acquiring an instruction from the device, the instruction instructing the image processing apparatus to process the document data by performing a first process included in the series of processes and including setting information specifying a setting to be applied to the first process; a display component that displays screen information as a display pattern which is user changeable based on the instruction; a designation component that, when the setting information included in the instruction has an attribute representing that changing of the setting information by a user is restricted, designates a display pattern of the setting information having the attribute as a display pattern different from the display pattern which is user changeable; and a display information control component that controls the display component to display the screen information in accordance with the display pattern that is different from the display pattern which is user changeable.