Patent ID: 8891121

Claim:
An information processing system comprising: an image forming apparatus; and a management apparatus that manages operation setting information for switching an operation in the image forming apparatus, wherein the management apparatus comprises: a configuration information acquiring unit configured to acquire device configuration information retained by the image forming apparatus after being replaced from the image forming apparatus via the network and store the device configuration information in a storage unit; a generating unit configured to the generate operation setting information for applying to the image forming apparatus; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the generated operation setting information to the image forming apparatus via a network, wherein the generating unit: generates the operation setting information for applying to the image forming apparatus based on the acquired device configuration information, compares the device configuration information, which is included in the image forming apparatus before being replaced and is stored in the storage unit, with the acquired device configuration information after being replaced to thereby determine the changed content of device configuration information accompanied with replacement of the image forming apparatus when the image forming apparatus has been replaced, and determines, based on the changed content, for each setting item whether or not to hand over a setting of first operation setting information indicating operation setting information corresponding to the image forming apparatus before being replaced to a setting of second operation setting information indicating operation setting information corresponding to the image forming apparatus after being replaced, and further determines whether or not the setting item not to be handed over to the second operation setting information as a result of the determination is required for a reset, and wherein the transmitting unit transmits the generated operation setting information for applying to the image forming apparatus after being replaced and the setting item required for the reset determined by the generating unit to the image forming apparatus after being replaced via the network, and wherein the image forming apparatus comprises: a setting information acquiring unit configured to acquire the operation setting information for applying to the image forming apparatus and the setting item required for the reset from the transmitting unit provided in the management apparatus; and a displaying unit configured to display a screen that prompts the reset of the acquired setting item required for the reset.