Patent ID: 7108436

Claim:
An image forming apparatus capable of registering apparatus setting information for performing setting of at least one of functions or operations thereof, comprising: an acquiring unit that obtains apparatus setting information registered in at least one other apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus via a communication line, from the other apparatus; an extracting unit that extracts the apparatus setting information of the other apparatus which is not registered in the image forming apparatus out of the apparatus setting information of the other apparatus obtained by said acquiring unit; a display unit that displays on a display the apparatus setting information of the other apparatus which is not registered in the image forming apparatus and which has been extracted by said extracting unit, together with the apparatus setting information registered in the image forming apparatus; an information selecting unit that selects desired apparatus setting information out of the apparatus setting information of the other apparatus which is not registered in the image forming apparatus and the apparatus setting information registered in the image forming apparatus, which are displayed by said display unit; and a setting unit that performs setting of function or operation corresponding to the selected apparatus setting information.