Patent ID: 8166489

Claim:
An image processing apparatus that executes, based on a command transmitted from a driver apparatus, the image processing apparatus comprising: a setting-information acquiring unit configured to acquire setting information indicating setting contents of processing instructed by the driver apparatus; a setting-information displaying unit configured to display the setting information acquired by the setting-information acquiring unit; an operation accepting unit configured to accept operation for the setting-information displayed by the setting-information displaying unit; and a setting executing unit configured to execute processing with the setting contents that reflect the operation accepted by the operation accepting unit, wherein the driver apparatus is capable of executing a command in a processing mode of one of a test mode for examining, on the basis of a result of processing in the image processing apparatus, suitability of setting contents of the processing and a normal mode for causing the image processing apparatus to execute processing on the basis of the setting contents, and the image processing apparatus includes: a mode discriminating unit configured to discriminate the processing mode if a command for execution of processing is received from the driver apparatus; and a notifying unit configured to notify, if the mode discriminating unit discriminates that the processing mode is the test mode, that the processing mode is the test mode, wherein an arrangement of respective setting items in an interface screen for displaying the setting information in the setting-information displaying unit if the processing mode is the test mode is the same as an arrangement of respective setting items in an interface screen for performing setting operation for the predetermined processing in the driver apparatus.