Patent ID: 8019904

Claim:
An image processing device which can communicate with a distribution device distributing setting information to plural image processing devices, comprising: a first reception unit constructed to receive, from the distribution device, start information indicating that the distribution device starts distributing the setting information to the plural image processing devices including said image processing device; and a control unit constructed to, in a case where it is instructed by a user to execute a process after the start information was received by the reception unit and before the setting information is received, obtain the setting information from the distribution device by requesting the distribution device to distribute the setting information, set the obtained setting information as the setting information of the image processing device, and then execute the instructed process, and to, in a case where it is not instructed by the user to execute a process after the start information was received by the reception unit and before the setting information is received, receive the setting information transmitted from the distribution device without requesting the distribution device to distribute the setting information, and set the received setting information as the setting information of the image processing device.