Patent ID: 8203744

Claim:
A method, comprising: connecting an image forming apparatus (IFA) to a network to assign the IFA a network address; selecting a map file image from a plurality of map file images, the selected map file image corresponding to a regional location of the IFA; outputting the selected map file image by printing the selected map file image, the printing including printing a computer readable barcode onto the map image file, the barcode corresponding to information including at least the network address of the IFA; selecting a location on the map file image which corresponds to a physical location of the IFA by marking the printed map file image with a mark corresponding to the physical location of the IFA; scanning the marked printed map file image, the scanning including reading the barcode; comparing the scanned map file image with the selected map file image to determine a coordinate location of the mark; identifying the network address of the IFA as a result of the reading of the barcode; and storing the coordinate location of the mark resulting from the comparing as a location of the IFA together with the network address of the IFA identified from the barcode.