Patent ID: 7447457

Claim:
An image formation apparatus comprising: an operation panel; a timer to measure an amount of time that has elapsed since a last instance of user-based operation of said operation panel; a reset unit to initialize a setting, corresponding to an operation condition of the image formation apparatus which has been changed by a user, when the time measured by said timer exceeds a predetermined amount of time; and a controller to control operations of the image formation apparatus; said controller inhibiting said reset unit from initializing the setting, corresponding to an operation condition of the image formation apparatus which has been changed by the user, in response to said controller being in a state of waiting, said state of waiting being invoked by said controller waiting for an operation to be executed upon data, received from an external device, to be completed; said controller inhibiting said reset unit from initializing the setting when an execution file that cooperates with an external device is executed or data is exchanged with the external device, the execution file being obtained from the external device, and said operation panel displays information based upon the execution file.