JP2009048304A - Control program for controlling image forming apparatus, image forming system, and method implemented by the image forming system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: a control program for controlling an image forming apparatus which uses a simple arrangement to allow easy selection of a paper sheet to be used when an image desired by a user is formed; an image forming system; and a method to be implemented by the image forming system. <P>SOLUTION: A PC serving as an image formation setting device performs control to: create a paper sheet information list 601 including information about a paper sheet for image formation and the name of the paper sheet corresponding to the information; provide the user with a paper sheet information list screen 600 including a display designating unit 640 for designating whether or not the name of the paper sheet in the paper sheet information list 601 should be displayed as the choice of the paper sheet to be used during image formation; display the name of the paper sheet designated at the display designating unit 640 to be displayed, as the choice of the paper sheet to be used during image formation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a control program for controlling an image forming apparatus, an image forming system, and a method executed in the image forming system.

  Register paper information including information on the paper size, weight, color, etc. and the name of the paper corresponding to the information in the printer, obtain the paper information from the printer, and use the name of the paper on the print settings screen There is a printer driver that displays the image in a selectable manner.

  However, when there is a large amount of paper information acquired from the printer, for example, all of the registered paper names cannot be displayed on one screen, and the user scrolls the screen to search for the paper name and then searches for the desired paper. I had to choose the name. As described above, when there are many registered paper names, not only the operation of scrolling the screen for searching for the desired paper name is increased, but also the name of the paper that is not used frequently is displayed, so that the time for searching is troublesome. There was a problem of poor usability.

On the other hand, there is a technology that detects the paper type with a media sensor, selects the paper type from the media group corresponding to the detected information, and automatically sets the optimum print quality for the selected paper type. It has been proposed (see Patent Document 1). However, this technology requires that the printer be equipped with a media sensor, and the media group includes a plurality of pre-registered types of paper, so that the name of the paper that is used infrequently is also displayed. The problem remains.
JP 2006-154913 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to enable a user to easily select a sheet to be used when forming an image desired by a user with a simple configuration. Another object of the present invention is to provide a control program for controlling an image forming apparatus, an image forming system, and a method executed by the image forming system.

  The above object of the present invention is achieved by the following means.

  (1) A control program for controlling an image forming apparatus, which is a procedure 1) for creating a recording medium information list including information relating to an image forming recording medium and a name of the recording medium corresponding to the information; A procedure 2) of providing a user with a screen including a designation unit for designating whether to display the name of the recording medium in the recording medium information list as a selection target of a recording medium to be used at the time of image formation; A control program for causing a computer to execute a process including a step 3) of performing control to display a name of a recording medium designated to be displayed in a designation unit as a selection target of a recording medium to be used at the time of image formation.

  (2) In the procedure 3), control is performed to further display the name of the recording medium accommodated in the recording medium supply unit of the image forming apparatus as a selection target of the recording medium to be used at the time of image formation. The control program according to (1) above, which is characterized.

  (3) The control according to (1) or (2), wherein in the step 1), the recording medium information list is created using recording medium information registered in the image forming apparatus. program.

  (4) In any one of the above (1) to (3), in the procedure 1), the recording medium information list is created using recording medium information registered in the computer. The control program described.

  (5) A computer-readable recording medium on which the control program according to any one of (1) to (4) is recorded.

  (6) An image forming system comprising: an image forming setting device for performing settings relating to image formation; and an image forming device that forms an image according to information set by the image forming setting device. The apparatus includes a transmission unit configured to transmit recording medium information including information on a recording medium for image formation and a name of the recording medium corresponding to the information to the image formation setting apparatus, and the image formation setting apparatus , Receiving means for receiving the recording medium information from the image forming apparatus, and using the recording medium information received by the receiving means, information relating to the recording medium for image formation and the name of the recording medium corresponding to the information A creation means for creating a recording medium information list including: a name of the recording medium in the recording medium information list, and selection of a recording medium to be used at the time of image formation A user interface that provides a user with a screen including a designating unit for designating whether or not to display the image as an image, and a name of the recording medium that is designated to be displayed on the designating unit is to be used at the time of image formation An image forming system comprising: a control unit that performs control to be displayed as a medium selection target.

  (7) A method executed in an image forming system having an image formation setting device for performing settings relating to image formation and an image forming device that performs image formation according to information set by the image formation setting device. The image forming apparatus transmits to the image formation setting apparatus 1) recording medium information including information on the recording medium for image formation and the name of the recording medium corresponding to the information, and the image Step 2) in which the formation setting apparatus receives the recording medium information from the image forming apparatus, and a recording medium for image formation using the recording medium information received in the step 2) by the image formation setting apparatus. A step 3) of creating a recording medium information list including information relating to the information and the name of the recording medium corresponding to the information; and Providing the user with a screen including a designation unit for designating whether or not to display the name of the recording medium in the recording medium information list as a selection target of the recording medium to be used at the time of image formation; The image forming setting apparatus includes a step 5) of performing control to display the name of the recording medium designated to be displayed in the designation unit as a selection target of a recording medium to be used at the time of image formation. And how to.

  According to the present invention, the user can specify the necessity of displaying the name of the recording medium for image formation that has been registered in the past and is not currently used or is not frequently used as a selection target. Only the names of high recording media can be displayed as selection targets. Thereby, the user can avoid unnecessary operations such as screen scrolling for searching for the name of the desired recording medium from among many, and the operability of the user can be improved. In this way, it is possible to easily select a recording medium to be used at the time of image formation desired by the user with a simple configuration.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the image forming system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  The image forming system according to the present embodiment includes a PC 1 as an image forming setting apparatus for performing settings relating to image forming, and an image forming apparatus 4 that forms an image according to information set by the PC 1, and these are a network. 5 so that they can communicate with each other. Note that the PC 1 and the image forming apparatus 4 may be directly connected (locally connected) between devices without going through the network 5.

  The image forming apparatus 4 includes a printer controller 2 locally connected to each other and a printer 3 as a printing apparatus. Various local connection interfaces such as a serial interface such as USB and IEEE1394, a parallel interface such as SCSI and IEEE1284, and a wireless communication interface such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), IEEE802.11, HomeRF, and IrDA are used for this local connection. However, the printer controller 2 and the printer 3 may be connected via the network 5.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the PC 1 shown in FIG.

  The PC 1 includes a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, a hard disk 14, a display 15, an input device 16 and a network interface 17, which are connected to each other via a bus 18 for exchanging signals.

  The CPU 11 performs control of each part and various arithmetic processes according to the program. The ROM 12 stores various programs and various data. The RAM 13 temporarily stores programs and data as a work area. The hard disk 14 stores various programs including an operating system and various data.

  The hard disk 14 converts a document creation application for creating a document file and PDL data described in a page description language (PDL) that can be interpreted by the printer controller 2 into a print job. A printer driver for generation is installed.

  The display 15 is an LCD, a CRT display, or the like, and is used for displaying various types of information. The input device 16 includes a pointing device such as a mouse and a keyboard, and is used for inputting various information.

  The network interface 17 is an interface for communicating with other devices via the network 5, and standards such as Ethernet (registered trademark), token ring, and FDDI are used.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the printer controller 2 of the image forming apparatus 4 shown in FIG.

  The printer controller 2 includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, a hard disk 24, a printer interface 25, and a network interface 26, which are connected to each other via a bus 27 for exchanging signals. Note that, among the above-described units of the printer controller 2, descriptions of portions having the same functions as those of the above-described units of the PC 1 are omitted to avoid duplication of description.

  The ROM 22 stores a program for translating a print job (PDL data) received from the PC 1 and generating bitmap format image data.

  The printer interface 25 is an interface for communicating with the locally connected printer 3.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the printer 3 of the image forming apparatus 4 shown in FIG. The printer 3 includes a CPU 31, a ROM 32, a RAM 33, an operation panel unit 34, a printing unit 35, and a controller interface 36, which are connected to each other via a bus 37 for exchanging signals. Of the parts of the printer 3, those parts having the same functions as those of the parts of the PC 1 are not described in order to avoid duplication.

  The ROM 32 stores a program for printing processing performed based on the image data received from the printer controller 2.

  The operation panel unit 34 includes a touch panel, a numeric keypad, a start button, a stop button, and the like, and is used for displaying various information and inputting various instructions.

  The printing unit 35 prints an image based on the image data received from the printer controller 2 on a recording medium such as paper using a known image forming process such as an electrophotographic process.

  The controller interface 36 is an interface for communicating with the locally connected printer controller 2.

  Note that the PC 1, the printer controller 2, and the printer 3 may include components other than the above-described components, or some of the above-described components may not be included.

  Next, the operation of the image forming system in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5, when the printer driver is activated to execute printing based on a predetermined document file in the PC 1, the PC 1 displays information such as the size, weight, and color related to the paper and the information corresponding to the information. Paper information including the paper name is requested to the image forming apparatus 4 (S1). The request for paper information is transferred from the printer controller 2 to the printer 3 (S2). The printer 3 transfers the requested paper information 500 to the printer controller 2 (S3), and the printer controller 2 transmits the paper information 500 transferred from the printer 3 to the PC 1 (S4).

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of paper information. The paper information 500 includes information such as size, weight, and color regarding the paper and the name of the paper corresponding to the information. The weight of the paper is shown as a weight (kg) that is the weight of 1000 sheets of base paper. The paper information 500 includes storage information 510 regarding paper stored in the paper supply unit of the printer 3 and registration information 520 regarding registered paper that is not stored in the paper supply unit of the printer 3. . For example, according to the sheet information 500 of FIG. 6, in the sheet supply unit of the printer 3, a sheet named “Company A” is stored in the tray 1, and a sheet named “Company B” is stored in the tray 2. A sheet named “Company C” is stored in the storage area. The registration information 520 may be information on all registered sheets regardless of whether or not they are stored in the sheet supply unit of the printer 3.

  Subsequently, the PC 1 uses the paper information 500 received from the image forming apparatus 4 to create a paper information list 601 (see FIG. 7) including information related to the paper and the name of the paper corresponding to the information. Then, the PC 1 provides the user with a paper information list screen 600 including a display designation unit 640 for designating whether or not to display the paper name in the paper information list 601 as a selection target of paper to be used at the time of image formation. provide.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a paper information list screen. The paper information list screen 600 includes a display area for the paper information list 601. The paper information list 601 specifies whether or not to display as a selection target of paper to be used at the time of image formation, in addition to the identification number field 610, the paper name field 620, and the information field 630 regarding size, weight, color, etc. The display designation unit 640 is provided for the purpose. The display designation unit 640 includes a check box 641 for designating whether to display each sheet as a selection target.

  Here, the user uses the check box 641 of the display designation unit 640 to designate whether or not to display the paper name in the paper information list 601 as a selection target on the paper information list screen 600 (S5).

  Subsequently, the PC 1 provides the user with a paper setting screen 700 that is one of print setting screens for performing settings relating to image formation based on user operations.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a paper setting screen. The paper setting screen 700 includes a paper direction designating unit 710 for designating a paper orientation, a document size designating unit 720 for designating a document size, an output size designating unit 730 for designating an output size, and an image forming time. A paper supply unit designating unit 740 is provided for designating a paper supply unit that stores paper to be used.

  Here, in the paper supply unit designating unit 740, the name of the paper designated to be displayed in the display designating unit 640 is displayed as a selection target of the paper to be used at the time of image formation. The paper supply unit designation unit 740 includes a pull-down menu 741.

  The user can select one desired paper name from among a plurality of paper names displayed as a selection target of the paper to be used in the paper supply unit designation unit 740 on the paper setting screen 700. For example, in FIG. 8, “Company A” and “Company D”, which are paper names whose check boxes 641 in the display designation unit 640 of FIG. It is displayed for selection. Also, as shown in FIG. 6, “Company A” is accommodated in the tray 1 of the paper supply unit, and therefore, (Tray 1) is attached in parentheses beside “Company A”. In this way, it is possible to grasp whether or not the paper name for which the display designation unit 640 has been designated is the name of the paper actually stored in the paper supply unit of the printer 3. Convenience is improved. For example, in FIG. 8, when “Company D” that is not accommodated in the paper supply unit of the printer 3 is selected, a warning such as “There is no selected paper in the printer. Set the required paper.” It is desirable that the display be made.

  Subsequently, the PC 1 accepts a print instruction by the user after accepting an instruction of other print conditions on a print setting screen (not shown) for performing settings relating to image formation based on the user's operation (S7). .

  Upon receiving the print instruction, the PC 1 converts the document file into PDL data, generates a print job, and transmits the print job to the image forming apparatus 4 (S8).

  Subsequently, the printer controller 2 translates the print job received from the PC 1 to generate bitmap format image data, and transfers the image data to the printer 3 (S9).

  Then, the printer 3 prints an image based on the received image data on the designated paper.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the paper information list creation process in the PC 1. The algorithm shown in the flowchart of FIG. 9 is stored as a program in a storage unit such as the hard disk 14 of the PC 1, and is executed on the RAM 13 by the CPU 11 (the same applies to FIGS. 8, 9, and 13).

  First, it is determined whether or not the printer driver has been activated in order to execute printing based on a predetermined document file (S101).

  If the printer driver is not activated (S101: NO), the PC 1 stands by. When the printer driver is activated (S101: YES), the PC 1 sends, to the image forming apparatus 4, paper information 500 including information on the paper such as size, weight, and color and the name of the paper corresponding to the information. A request is made (S102).

  Subsequently, the PC 1 acquires the paper information 500 from the image forming apparatus 4 (S103). The request and acquisition of the paper information 500 may be executed every predetermined period in addition to when the printer driver is activated.

  Subsequently, the PC 1 uses the sheet information 500 received from the image forming apparatus 4 to create a sheet information list 601 (see FIG. 7) including information about the sheet and the name of the sheet corresponding to the information, and the hard disk 14 and so on. If the paper information list 601 has already been saved, the changed part is updated. Here, the sheet information list 601 includes a display designation unit 640 for designating whether or not to display as a selection target of a sheet to be used at the time of image formation.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of paper information transmission processing in the printer controller 2. The algorithm shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10 is stored as a program in a storage unit such as the hard disk 24 of the printer controller 2, and is executed on the RAM 23 by the CPU 21.

  First, it is determined whether a request for paper information 500 has been received from the PC 1 (S201). If the request for the paper information 500 has not been received (S201: NO), the printer controller 2 stands by.

  When the request for the paper information 500 is received from the PC 1, the printer controller 2 acquires the paper information 500 from the printer 3, and transmits the acquired paper information 500 to the PC 1 (S202).

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the display designation process in the PC 1. Here, the display designation process is a process for designating whether or not to display the paper name in the paper information list 601 as a selection target of the paper to be used at the time of image formation.

  First, it is determined whether or not there is an instruction to display the paper information list screen 600 on the display 15 by the user's operation (S301). If there is no instruction to open the paper information list screen 600 (S301: NO), the PC 1 stands by.

  If there is an instruction to open the paper information list screen 600 (S301: YES), the paper information list screen 600 is displayed on the display 15 (S302).

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not there is a change in the presence or absence of a check in the check box 641 of the display designation unit 640 on the paper information list screen 600 (S303). Here, the default value of the display designation unit 640 is a state in which the check box 641 indicating “not displayed as a selection target” is not checked. If there is no change in the presence or absence of the check in the check box 641 (S303: NO), the process proceeds to step S305.

  On the other hand, if there is a change in the presence or absence of the check in the check box 641 (S303: YES), the changed content is saved (S304), and the process proceeds to step S305.

  In step S305, it is determined whether an end button (not shown) has been pressed. If the end button has not been pressed (S305: NO), the process returns to step S302. On the other hand, when the end button is pressed (S305: YES), the display designation process ends.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the paper name display process in the PC 1.

  First, it is determined whether or not there is an instruction to display options of paper to be used for image formation by a user operation (S401). Specifically, it is determined whether or not an operation for opening a pull-down menu 741 of the paper supply unit designation unit 740 on the paper setting screen 700 of FIG. 8 has been performed. If there is no instruction to display the choice of paper to be used for image formation (S401: NO), the PC 1 stands by.

  When there is an instruction to display the choices of paper to be used for image formation (S401: YES), an initial value 1 is set in the counter N (S402).

  Subsequently, the Nth paper name in the paper information list 601 of FIG. 7 is acquired (S403).

  In step S404, it is determined whether or not the acquisition of the last data (paper name) in the paper information list 601 has already been completed.

  When it is determined that the Nth sheet name has been acquired (S404: NO), it is determined whether there is an instruction to display the acquired Nth sheet name as a selection target of a sheet to be used during image formation. (S405). That is, it is determined whether or not the display designation unit 640 in the paper information list 601 has been designated to display the Nth paper name.

  When it is determined that there is an instruction to display the acquired Nth sheet name as a selection target of a sheet to be used at the time of image formation (S405: YES), the Nth sheet name is stored in the display storage area. (S406). The display storage area is set in a storage unit such as the hard disk 14. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no instruction to display the acquired Nth paper name as a selection target of paper to be used at the time of image formation (S405: NO), the process proceeds to step S407.

  In step S407, the counter N is incremented by 1, and the process returns to step S403.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S404 that the acquisition of the last data (paper name) has already been completed and the Nth paper name has not been acquired (S404: YES), the data is stored in the display storage area. The name of the existing paper is displayed on the paper supply unit designation unit 740 in the paper setting screen 700 of FIG. 8 (S408).

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the PC 1 as the image formation setting device creates a paper information list including information relating to paper for image formation and the name of the paper corresponding to the information. A paper information list screen 600 including a display designation unit 640 for designating whether or not to display the name of the paper as a selection target of the paper to be used at the time of image formation is provided to the user, and is displayed on the display designation unit 640. Control is performed to display the name of the paper on which the designation is made as a selection target of the paper to be used at the time of image formation.

  Therefore, the user can select only the names of highly necessary papers by selecting not to display the names of papers that have been registered in the past and are not currently used or are not used frequently. Can be displayed. Thus, the user can avoid unnecessary operations such as screen scrolling for searching for a desired paper name from among many, and the operability of the user can be improved. In this way, it is possible to easily select a sheet to be used at the time of image formation desired by the user with a simple configuration.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described focusing on differences from the first embodiment. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the paper name display process in the PC 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  Steps S501 and S503 to S509 are the same as steps S401 to S408 in FIG.

  In step S502, the name of the paper stored in the paper supply unit of the printer 3 is stored in the display storage area.

  As a result, in step S509, the name of the sheet stored in the sheet supply unit of the printer 3 is displayed on the sheet setting screen 700 in FIG. This is displayed on the paper supply unit designation unit 740. For example, under the same conditions as in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, “Company A” (Tray 1), “Company B” (Tray 2), and “Company C” (Tray 3) are displayed in the paper supply unit designation unit 740 of FIG. It is displayed as a selection target of paper to be used at the time of formation.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, control is performed to further display the name of the paper stored in the paper supply unit of the printer 3 as the selection target of the paper to be used during image formation.

  Therefore, according to the second embodiment, in addition to obtaining the same effect as the first embodiment, it is possible to easily determine and select a sheet that can be used immediately, which is convenient for the user. The property is further improved.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the case where the paper information list 601 is created using the paper information 500 registered in the printer 3 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. In the present invention, when the paper information list 601 is created using the paper information registered in the PC 1, or using both the paper information registered in the printer 3 and the paper information registered in the PC 1. It is also applicable to cases where

  In the above embodiment, the image forming apparatus 4 is divided into the printer controller 2 and the printer 3 and is locally connected to each other. However, the printer controller 2 may be included in the printer 3. .

  In the above embodiment, a printer is used as the printing apparatus, but the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention is also applicable to other printing apparatuses such as an MFP (Multi-Function Peripheral) and a copying machine.

  The means and method for performing various processes in the image forming system of the present embodiment can be realized by either a dedicated hardware circuit or a programmed computer. The program may be provided by a computer-readable recording medium such as a flexible disk or a CD-ROM, or may be provided online via a network such as the Internet. In this case, the program recorded on the computer-readable recording medium is usually transferred to and stored in a storage unit such as a hard disk. The program may be provided as a single application software, or may be incorporated into the software of the device as one function of the device.

1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an image forming system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of PC shown by FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a printer controller of the image forming apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a printer of the image forming apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the image forming system in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of paper information. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a paper information list screen. FIG. FIG. 10 illustrates an example of a paper setting screen. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the paper information list creation process in PC. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of paper information transmission processing in the printer controller. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the display designation | designated process in PC. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the display process of the paper name in PC. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the display process of the paper name in PC concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 PC,
2 Printer controller,
3 Printer,
4 image forming apparatus,
5 network,
11, 21, 31 CPU,
12, 22, 32 ROM,
13, 23, 33 RAM,
14, 24 hard disk,
15 display,
16 input devices,
17, 26 Network interface,
18, 27, 37 bus,
25 Printer interface,
34 Operation panel section
35 Printing Department,
36 Controller interface,
500 paper information,
600 Paper information list screen,
601 Paper information list,
620 paper name field,
640 display designation part,
700 paper setting screen,
740 Paper supply unit designation unit.

Claims (7)

A control program for controlling an image forming apparatus,
A procedure 1) for creating a recording medium information list including information on a recording medium for image formation and the name of the recording medium corresponding to the information;
A procedure 2) of providing a user with a screen including a designation unit for designating whether or not to display the name of the recording medium in the recording medium information list as a selection target of a recording medium to be used at the time of image formation;
A procedure 3) for performing control to display the name of the recording medium designated for display in the designation unit as a selection target of the recording medium to be used at the time of image formation;
A control program for causing a computer to execute a process having   In the step 3), control is performed to further display the name of the recording medium accommodated in the recording medium supply unit of the image forming apparatus as a selection target of the recording medium to be used at the time of image formation. The control program according to claim 1.   3. The control program according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium information list is created using recording medium information registered in the image forming apparatus in the procedure 1).   The control program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein in the step 1), the recording medium information list is created using recording medium information registered in the computer.   The computer-readable recording medium which recorded the control program of any one of Claims 1-4. An image forming system comprising: an image forming setting device for performing settings relating to image formation; and an image forming device that forms an image according to information set by the image forming setting device.
The image forming apparatus includes:
Transmission means for transmitting recording medium information including information relating to the recording medium for image formation and the name of the recording medium corresponding to the information to the image formation setting device;
The image formation setting device includes:
Receiving means for receiving the recording medium information from the image forming apparatus;
Creating means for creating a recording medium information list including information on the recording medium for image formation and the name of the recording medium corresponding to the information, using the recording medium information received by the receiving means;
A user interface for providing a user with a screen including a designation unit for designating whether or not to display the name of the recording medium in the recording medium information list as a selection target of a recording medium to be used at the time of image formation;
A control unit that performs control to display the name of the recording medium designated to be displayed in the designation unit as a selection target of the recording medium to be used at the time of image formation;
An image forming system comprising: A method executed in an image forming system having an image formation setting device for performing settings relating to image formation, and an image forming device that performs image formation according to information set by the image formation setting device,
Step 1) in which the image forming apparatus transmits recording medium information including information on the recording medium for image formation and the name of the recording medium corresponding to the information to the image formation setting apparatus.
Step 2) in which the image formation setting device receives the recording medium information from the image formation device;
Using the recording medium information received in step 2), the image formation setting device creates a recording medium information list including information relating to the recording medium for image formation and the name of the recording medium corresponding to the information. Step 3)
A screen including a designation unit for designating whether or not the image formation setting apparatus displays the name of the recording medium in the recording medium information list as a selection target of a recording medium to be used at the time of image formation. Providing step 4);
A step 5) in which the image formation setting device performs control to display the name of the recording medium designated to be displayed in the designation unit as a selection target of the recording medium to be used at the time of image formation;
A method characterized by comprising:

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