Patent ID: 7831969

Claim:
A method of installing a device driver for a system including a multifunction device having at least a first function and a second function, a first terminal device and a second terminal device, the multifunction device being connected to the first terminal device, the first terminal device and the second terminal device being connected through a network, a first device driver for the first function and a second device driver for the second function being installed in the first terminal device, the method comprising the steps of: setting to connect the second terminal device to the multifunction device through the first terminal device with respect to the first function, the second function not being part of the first function; installing the first device driver, which is installed in the first terminal device, in the second terminal device, the second device driver being installed in the second terminal device as a part of the first device driver; and initializing the first device driver installed in the second terminal device, the second device driver being initialized during the initialization of the first device driver.