Patent ID: 8917404

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a storage device configured to store a setting values set that comprises: core data that includes a setting value of a function setting independent of a model of the image forming apparatus; and non-core data that includes a setting value of a function setting not included in the core data and that may depend on a model of an image forming apparatus; a setting values set acquisition unit configured to acquire the setting values set from another image forming apparatus; and a transfer management unit configured to write the core data acquired from the another image forming apparatus to the storage device without change, and if the model of the image forming apparatus is the same as the model of the another image forming apparatus, write the non-core data acquired from the another image forming apparatus to the storage device without change, while if the model of the image forming apparatus is not the same as the model of the another image forming apparatus, write the non-core data including a setting value of the function setting in the another image forming apparatus that is the same as the function setting in the storage device.