Patent ID: 7343402

Claim:
A multifunction printing (MFP) apparatus comprising: a communication section which communicates with at least another MFP apparatus and a server via a network; a storage section which stores data received via the communication section; a control panel which inputs operation instructions to the MFP apparatus; and a control section, the control section controlling the following operations: (i) organizing information for specifying customized data regarding a control panel in a form of a data file, and applying registration of the information to the server; (ii) receiving a request for the customized data sent from another MFP apparatus based on the information registered in the server and sending the customized data to another MFP apparatus; and (iii) sending a request for the customized data to another MFP apparatus based on the information of another MFP apparatus registered in the server, storing in the storage section the customized data received based on the request, and updating display of the control panel with the customized data.