Patent ID: 8379236

Claim:
An image forming device for obtaining image data and forming an image, comprising: a functional limitation part configured to set a functional limitation for a function provided by the image forming device; a storage medium configured to store a plurality of batch operations; a display processing part configured to display the plurality of batch operations for selection and to receive an instruction for executing a selected one of the plurality of batch operations; a batch operating part configured to register a series of functions as one batch operation in the storage medium, and to continuously execute each of the functions of the selected one of the plurality of batch operations upon receipt of the instruction; a judging part configured to compare a new limitation or a changed limitation with the series of the functions of each of the plurality of batch operations stored in the storage medium, and to judge whether or not each of the plurality of batch operations is executable when the functional limitation part adds the new limitation to or changes setting contents of the functional limitation; and an alternative operation generating part configured to generate an alternative batch operation that is an alternative of at least one of the plurality of batch operations when the at least one of the plurality of batch operations is judged inexecutable.