Patent ID: 8922793

Claim:
A control device comprising: a search request receiving unit that receives a request to search for a first operation screen registered in a second image forming apparatus connected to a first image forming apparatus; a search unit that searches for the first operation screen among operation screens registered in the second image forming apparatus; a display control unit that controls to display the first operation screen on a display device provided in the first image forming apparatus; a receiving unit that receives an instruction for the second image forming apparatus having the first operation screen registered therein from a user through the first operation screen displayed on the display device; and a transmitting unit that transmits the instruction received from the user through the first operation screen to the second image forming apparatus having the first operation screen registered therein, wherein the first operation screen is an execution screen for executing a function that is unavailable in the first image forming apparatus, and when the function that is unavailable in the first image forming apparatus is selected on a menu screen registered in the first image forming apparatus, the display control unit controls to display the first operation screen registered on a display device provided in the second image forming apparatus.