Patent ID: 8564797

Claim:
A setting changing device comprising: a display controlling section that displays a designation screen for carrying out, with respect to at least one device driver among a plurality of target device drivers that are stored in a storage section, the plurality of target device drivers including a first device driver and a second device driver of a different type than the first device driver, at least one of a first designation that designates, from among changeable items that can be changed via a setting screen that is displayed by the at least one target device driver, a first item that is an object of initial value changing and an initial value of the first item; a second designation that designates, from among the changeable items, a second item that prohibits changing via the setting screen by a user other than a manager; or a third designation that designates, from among the changeable items, a third item that prohibits displaying on the setting screen for users other than a manager; a receiving section that receives the at least one of the first designation, the second designation or the third designation; and a changing section that, on the basis of the at least one of the received first designation, second designation and third designation, applies a uniform change to the plurality of target device drivers by (a) changing respective settings of the plurality of target device drivers, or, (b) for each of the plurality of target device drivers, generating or changing for each of the changeable items, setting data that is referenced by device drivers when the setting screen is displayed, and that prescribes an initial value of the changeable item and at least one of existence of prohibiting of changing of the changeable item via the setting screen or existence of display of the changeable item on the setting screen.