Patent ID: 7227651

Claim:
A control method for a device capable of performing a plurality of functions including a first function and a second function, said method comprising the steps of: enabling a reception of a specific user request for permitting an execution of a job which needs an operation of the second function and does not need an operation of the first function by the device, in case that the operation of the first function by the device cannot be performed and that the operation of the second function by the device can be performed; inhibiting the execution of the job which needs the operation of the second function and does not need the operation of the first function by the device, even if the operation of the second function can be performed by the device, in case that the reception of the specific user request is not performed; and permitting the execution of the job which needs the operation of the second function and does not need the operation of the first function by the device, in case that the reception of the specific user request is performed and in case that the operation of the first function by the device cannot be performed and the operation of the second function can be performed by the device.