JP2012073834A - Information processing apparatus, and control method and program of information processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display a state in which an image forming apparatus needs to be restarted or a state in which no restart is needed adaptively to operation to change the state of a special driver of a device used for the image forming apparatus.SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus which manages the special driver controlling the device of the image forming apparatus displays a management picture for managing the device once acquiring information showing a current special device state from the image forming apparatus (S401). Then, an instruction to stop or start the state of the special driver displayed in a management setting picture is received (S404). Further, it is determined from the received instruction whether the image forming apparatus needs to be restarted (S404-S407). When it is determined that the image forming apparatus needs to be restarted, a message indicating that the restart is necessary is displayed in the management picture (S408). When it is determined that the image forming apparatus need not be restarted, on the other hand, a message indicating that no restart is necessary is displayed in the management picture (S409).

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus in which an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus communicate to perform a driver update process, a control method for the information processing apparatus, and a program.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, image forming apparatuses such as multifunction peripherals have become more sophisticated, and there are multifunction peripherals with application platforms such as MEAP (Multifunctional Embedded Application Platform (registered trademark)). Here, by using MEAP, embedded applications can be dynamically added to or deleted from devices that can be used in the image forming apparatus. Here, as an example of a USB (Universal Serial Bus) device, a case where a USB keyboard is used in an image forming apparatus is assumed.

  When the USB keyboard is used in the image forming apparatus, the user can use two drivers, a system driver and a special driver for the MEAP, as the drivers for the USB keyboard. Here, the special driver functions as a driver for using the USB keyboard from the MEAP application, and is a driver that can be newly incorporated according to the device to be used. On the other hand, the system driver is a driver that is preinstalled as a product.

When an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with such an image forming apparatus uses a special driver for MEAP to control a USB keyboard that can be used in the image forming apparatus, the special driver is installed. A management application that manages the state of the USB device that manages the state of the special driver is installed in the information processing apparatus. Here, in order to change the state of the special driver, a management application for managing a USB device (USB keyboard in the above example) used in the image forming apparatus is executed in the information processing apparatus.
Then, the user executes a management application installed in the information processing apparatus, and performs an operation of updating the state of the special driver of the device of the image forming apparatus on the management screen.

  In such an information processing apparatus, when an update of a special driver that uses a device of the image forming apparatus or a change in setting of the special driver is reflected, the image forming apparatus itself may need to be restarted. Here, restarting reduces the operating time of the system, and it is desirable to avoid unnecessary restarts as much as possible.

  As a document dealing with preventing an unnecessary restart of the system, there is, for example, Patent Document 1. In Patent Document 1, when installing a device driver in an information processing apparatus, it is not necessary to determine whether or not restarting is necessary, control the installation destination system based on the determination result, and perform necessary restarting. Reboot is reduced.

JP 2003-308215 A

  However, in the conventional information processing apparatus, even if the restart is unnecessary due to the update of the special driver corresponding to the device used in the image forming apparatus or the cancellation of the setting change, the restart is necessary. There was a case where a fixed restart display was performed without judging whether or not.

  In other words, in the information processing apparatus, the user accurately recognizes whether the image forming apparatus is in a state where the image forming apparatus is to be restarted due to the update of the special driver or the setting change, or whether the restart is unnecessary. I could not.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to adapt the operation of changing the state of a special driver that controls a device used in the image forming apparatus. It is to provide a mechanism capable of displaying whether a restart is necessary or a restart is not necessary.

  The information processing apparatus of the present invention that achieves the above object has the following configuration.

  An information processing apparatus that manages a driver for controlling a device that can be used in the image forming apparatus, the acquisition unit acquiring information indicating a current device state from the image forming apparatus, and the information acquired by the acquisition unit Display means for displaying a management screen for managing the device, receiving means for receiving an instruction to stop or start a driver corresponding to the device displayed on the management screen, and instructions received by the receiving means A determination unit configured to determine whether the image forming apparatus needs to be restarted; and a control unit configured to display a message related to restart on a management screen according to a determination result by the determination unit. .

  According to the present invention, whether the image forming apparatus needs to be restarted or does not need to be restarted is displayed in response to the operation of changing the state of the special driver of the device of the image forming apparatus. it can.

1 is a configuration diagram of a network system including an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image forming apparatus. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a device database managed by the image forming apparatus. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the control procedure of information processing apparatus. FIG. 11 illustrates an example of a UI displayed on the information processing apparatus. FIG. 11 illustrates an example of a UI displayed on the information processing apparatus. FIG. 11 illustrates an example of a UI displayed on the information processing apparatus.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the constituent elements described in this embodiment are merely examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention only to them.
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  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a network system in which an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention communicate with each other to manage a driver. 1A corresponds to a diagram illustrating a network system, and FIG. 1B corresponds to a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of an information processing apparatus of the network system. Note that the image forming apparatus in the present embodiment is configured to be able to control a USB device by installing a special driver corresponding to the MAEP application. The USB device can be controlled by a system driver instead of the special driver. Switching between these system drivers and special drivers can be selected by a user operation. When switching between these drivers is selected, an operation to restart the image forming apparatus is required. In the present embodiment, the special driver refers to a driver according to an application newly incorporated in the image forming apparatus, and the system driver refers to a driver incorporated in the image forming apparatus in advance.

  In FIG. 1A, reference numeral 101 denotes an image forming apparatus, which has functions such as a printer, a scanner, a copier, and a fax machine. A plurality of applications can be installed on the image forming apparatus 101, and each has a unique device ID. The image forming apparatus 101 is an image forming apparatus corresponding to the above-described MEAP, and is configured so that an embedded application can be dynamically added to or deleted from a device that can be used in the image forming apparatus by using the MEAP. Has been.

An information processing apparatus 102 remotely manages the operation of the image forming apparatus 101 or the system driver or special driver of the device. The information processing apparatus 102 includes a storage device such as a hard disk, and loads the installed OS into the RAM, and then calls various applications to perform data processing.
Here, a printer driver that performs control such as transmitting a print job to the image forming apparatus 101 and acquiring and displaying device information notified from the image forming apparatus 101 is also installed in the storage device. . Further, the information processing apparatus 102 is installed with a management application for managing the device of the image forming apparatus, and the user executes the management application to remotely update the driver for the device used in the image forming apparatus. Here, the driver includes a system driver or a special driver.
Reference numeral 103 denotes a network such as the Internet, and the image forming apparatus 101 is connected to the information processing apparatus 102 via the network 103 so as to be capable of bidirectional communication.

  In FIG. 1B, reference numeral 150 denotes a CPU that controls each device connected to the system bus 154 based on a control program stored in the ROM 153. A RAM 152 is loaded with a control program stored in the external memory 161 and the ROM 153 and executed by the CPU 150. A keyboard controller (KBC) 155 processes a key code from the keyboard (KB) 159.

  Reference numeral 156 denotes a display control unit (LCDC) that controls display on the display unit 151 configured by, for example, an LCD display. A disk controller (DKC) 157 controls access to the external memory 161. The external memory 161 includes a flexible disk and a hard disk. A mouse controller (MC) 160 processes input from the mouse 162. A network controller (NIC) 158 controls communication with the image forming apparatus 101 via the network 103 shown in FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the image forming apparatus according to the present exemplary embodiment. The image forming apparatus includes a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM as hardware, and is configured to execute various data processing by loading a control program into the RAM and executing it. In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, the configuration of software as function processing executed by the CPU will be described. The software includes various drivers, and in the case of a driver, includes a system driver and a special driver corresponding to the MEAP driver that controls the USB device.

  In FIG. 2, reference numeral 201 denotes an image forming apparatus. Reference numeral 203 denotes a print function unit (Print function unit). Image data that has been read by the scanner function unit (Scan function unit) 202 and converted into binary image data is added to the printer and output to the printer device. Has the function of

  A facsimile function unit 204 encodes an image previously read by the scanner function unit 202 and converted into binary image data according to a facsimile standard such as G3 or G4. The facsimile function unit 204 has a function of performing image communication with an external facsimile using a protocol according to the facsimile standard. Also, it has a function of transmitting and receiving a facsimile image from an external facsimile according to the facsimile standard.

  A job control function unit 205 queues binary image data received from the scanner function unit 202 and facsimile image data received from the outside by the facsimile function unit 205 as a print job.

  The job control function unit 205 has a job control function that sequentially outputs image data to a print function unit 203, a facsimile function unit (FAX function unit) 204, and a network function unit 206, which will be described later. A network function unit 206 has various network protocol functions such as TCP / IP, HTTP, FTP, LDAP, SNMP, SMTP, and SSL. A user interface function unit 207 manages input / output by the user of the operation panel of the image forming apparatus 201 and displays an input field, an output message field, and the like on the operation panel.

  A user interface function unit (UI function unit) 207 has a function of receiving an input value for an input field from a user, notifying another function unit, and displaying a message for the user from the other function unit on a predesigned screen. Have.

A user authentication function unit 208 responds to user authentication requests for various applications in the application function unit 209 using the UI function unit 207 or an information terminal (not shown) on the network. That is, various user authentication functions are set for each application using a user authentication setting file. The user authentication function unit 208 has a function of authenticating a user who operates various functions of the image forming apparatus using user authentication server on the network or user authentication information inside the image forming apparatus.
An application function unit 209 has functions for installing, authenticating, executing, and uninstalling various applications that operate on the image forming apparatus 201.

  The application function unit 209 sets an expiration date of the application when the application is installed. Then, an application with an expiration date is realized by determining an expiration date set in advance at the time of application installation by using a function of the time management function unit 214 described later when the application is executed.

The application expiration date may be set by storing expiration date information inside the application object, or may be set as a separate object as additional information of the application at the time of application installation.
This expiration date is indicated by the number of days from the time of installation until the application stops operating.

Further, the expiration date may be the number of days indicating the expiration date, or may be an expiration date such as what year, month, day. Even if it is an expiration date, it is obvious to calculate the number of days indicating the expiration date from the system clock inside the image forming apparatus 201. Further, it may be a unit smaller than the number of days, for example, a second unit. It goes without saying that the expiration date can be calculated within the range of the unit of the system internal clock.
This expiration date is passed as an argument to an installation time setting function (to be described later) at the time of application installation, and stored in a nonvolatile storage area in the image forming apparatus 201.

  A mail transmission / reception application 210 is one of the applications of the image forming apparatus 201 that operates on the application function unit 209. The Mail transmission / reception application 210 has a function of receiving an e-mail attached with an electronic document transmitted from an information terminal on the network 103 using the network function unit 206 and printing using the print function unit 203.

  Further, the Mail transmission / reception application 210 has a function of attaching an electronic document read by using the scanner function unit 202 to an electronic mail and transmitting the electronic mail with the electronic document attached to a preset transfer destination.

  A remote operation application 211 is one of the applications of the image forming apparatus 201 that operates on the application function unit 209. The remote operation application 211 displays the same interface as the main body touch panel displayed on the main body of the image forming apparatus 101 using the UI function unit 207 on an information terminal (not shown) on the network 103, thereby enabling remote operation. It has the function to do.

  A document format conversion application 212 is one of the applications of the image forming apparatus 201 that operates on the application function unit 209. The document format conversion application 212 has a function of converting data to be converted into a preset electronic data format. Here, the data to be converted includes electronic data read by the operator using the scanner function unit 202 and electronic data transmitted from the information terminal on the network and transmitted using the network function unit 206. It is.

  A document management system application 213 is one of the applications of the image forming apparatus 201 that operates on the application function unit 209. The document management system application 213 has a function of storing data to be stored in a predetermined document storage location on the network 103 or in the image forming apparatus 101 main body.

  Here, the data to be stored includes electronic data read using the scanner function unit 202 by a main body operation by an operator, and electronic data transmitted from an information terminal on the network and transmitted using the network function unit 206. Is included.

  The Mail transmission / reception application 210, the remote operation application 211, the document format conversion application 212, and the document management system application 213 can perform user authentication. In any case, when the operator uses the application, the user authentication function unit 208 is used through the application function unit 209.

  The time management function unit 214 has a system built-in clock, and provides a system built-in clock interface capable of setting and referring to all function modules of the image forming apparatus 201. In addition, it has a function of holding a cumulative set differential time from a system start described later in a non-volatile storage area such as a so-called flash ROM.

Further, it has a time synchronization function by a time synchronization service on the network 103 to which the image forming apparatus 201 is connected. Here, the time synchronization service is a time synchronization service using a protocol defined by the TIME protocol (RFC868), the NTP protocol (RFC1305), the SNTP protocol (RFC1769), or the like.
In addition, in order to determine the expiration date of an application with an expiration date, it has an installation time setting function when installing an application.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a device database managed by the image forming apparatus illustrated in FIG. This example is a database example in which the device manages the driver status of the USB device. Here, the database is provided on a nonvolatile memory included in the image forming apparatus 101. The contents of this database are notified to the information processing apparatus 102 from the image forming apparatus 101, and are referred to by the CPU 150 of the information processing apparatus 102 when executing a control procedure shown in FIG. The driver in this example is a special driver.

  In FIG. 3, reference numeral 301 denotes a database, which manages the status of USB devices used in the image forming apparatus 101. Reference numeral 302 denotes an ID portion that displays a list of VID / PIDs of USB devices that are currently available. Here, the VID / PID is an ID that uniquely identifies a USB device. More specifically, VID indicates a vendor ID, and PID indicates a product ID. Here, the VID / PID exists for each device and is not limited to the USB device.

  Since the driver for the USB device is read when the system of the image forming apparatus 101 is activated, the driver switching timing between the system driver and the special driver is when the image forming apparatus 101 is activated. Then, the management application of the information processing apparatus 102 displays the special driver 303 that is currently valid and the driver 304 that is valid after restart on the display unit 151 in accordance with a message or the like notified from the image forming apparatus 101.

  Note that if the driver 304 that has been effective after restart is updated an even number of times without restarting, the state change flag 305 is set to “1”. When restarting, the state change flag 305 returns to “0”. A message flag 306 is “1” if any one of the plurality of flags managed by the state change flag 305 indicates “1”.

  In this embodiment, it is assumed that two types of drivers for using the USB device are prepared: a system driver and a special driver. Here, by default, the system driver is read when the system of the image forming apparatus 101 is activated.

  On the other hand, when the user wants to read the special driver, the user can activate the special driver by executing the management application of the information processing apparatus and operating the displayed button. At this time, the image forming apparatus 101 needs to be restarted to enable the special driver.

As described above, when the management application of the information processing apparatus 102 is executed, the driver 304 that is valid after the reboot is changed to the special driver, and the driver that is currently valid after the reboot is the special driver 303.
Conversely, when the system driver is to be read while the special driver is being read, it is necessary to stop the management application and restart the image forming apparatus 101.
When the management application is stopped, the driver 304 that is valid after the reboot is changed to the system driver, and the special driver 303 that is currently valid after the reboot is the system driver.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a control procedure of the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. This example is a control example for displaying a message prompting the restart on the application management screen in FIG. 5 in the information processing apparatus 102. Each step is realized by the CPU 150 of the information processing apparatus 102 loading and executing a control program on the RAM 152. Hereinafter, the display control of the application management screen accompanying the process of changing the setting of the special driver will be described in detail.

  First, in S401, the CPU 150 reads the application management page managed in the nonvolatile memory into the RAM 152, and proceeds to S402. In step S <b> 402, the CPU 150 refers to the USB device state management database 301 illustrated in FIG. 3 notified from the image forming apparatus 101 and determines whether there is a USB device registered in the ID unit 302. If the CPU 150 determines that there is no registered USB device, the process advances to step S413, and the CPU 150 ends this process without displaying anything.

On the other hand, if the CPU 150 determines that there is a registered USB device in S402, the process proceeds to S403, and the CPU 150 checks the USB device registered in the USB device state management database 301 from the top. In step S <b> 404, the CPU 150 determines whether the currently valid special driver 303 and the valid driver 304 after restart are the same. If the CPU 150 determines that the currently effective special driver 303 is different from the effective driver 304 after restart, the process proceeds to S412.
In step S412, the CPU 150 displays information (message or the like) indicating that restart is necessary on the display unit 151 using the UI, and ends this processing.

On the other hand, if the CPU 150 determines that the special driver 303 currently valid and the valid driver 304 after restart are the same in S404, the process proceeds to S405. In step S405, the CPU 150 proceeds to check the next registered USB device.
Next, in S406, the CPU 150 determines whether or not the next USB device exists. If the CPU 150 determines that the next USB device exists, the process returns to S404.

  On the other hand, if the CPU 150 determines in S406 that the next USB device does not exist, the process proceeds to S407. Then, the CPU 150 accepts either a start button / stop button corresponding to the operation button 504 on the management screen shown in FIG. 5 according to an instruction operated by the user.

  Here, the displayed state 503 is the latest state displayed when the information processing apparatus 102 acquires information indicating the current device state from the image forming apparatus 101. That is, the user can instruct a start button or a stop button corresponding to the state 503 on the application management page 501 displayed as the management screen. Therefore, when the user performs an operation of instructing any one of the start button / stop button an even number of times, the state 503 returns to the state before the change.

  Therefore, the CPU 150 determines whether or not the state 503 has changed to the same state in S408. If the CPU 150 determines that the state 503 has changed to the same state, a message indicating that the image forming apparatus does not need to be restarted is displayed. Set the message flag 306. Specifically, the processing is executed by the CPU 150 transmitting a command through communication with the image forming apparatus 101. The function of the message flag 306 will be described later.

  In step S <b> 410, the CPU 150 acquires the content of the message flag 306 from the image forming apparatus 101 and determines whether the message flag 306 is currently set. If the CPU 150 determines that the message flag 306 is set, the process proceeds to S411. In step S411, the CPU 150 displays a message on the display unit 151 that the restart is unnecessary using the UI, and ends the process.

  On the other hand, if the CPU 150 determines that the message flag 306 is not set in S410, the process proceeds to S413, and the process ends without displaying anything on the display unit as described above. The display processing of S411 and S412 is displayed on the display unit 151 by the CPU 150 executing the management application.

  In the present embodiment, when the CPU 150 refers to the content of the message flag 306 and determines that the image forming apparatus needs to be restarted, the CPU 150 needs to be restarted on the management screen displayed on the display unit 151. Control to display a message indicating If the CPU 150 determines that the image forming apparatus does not need to be restarted, the CPU 150 performs control to display a message indicating that restart is not necessary on the management screen.

  Note that the image forming apparatus 101 is restarted according to the determination result of the message flag by the CPU 150. However, if the driver state is not changed by the start button / stop button instructed by the user, the restart may not be required. The user is notified. Accordingly, it is possible to display whether the image forming apparatus needs to be restarted or does not need to be restarted in accordance with an operation for changing the state of the special driver for the device used in the image forming apparatus. .

In the present exemplary embodiment, an example in which the determination process based on S408 is performed as a method for determining whether or not the image forming apparatus needs to be restarted is shown. In this process, the CPU 150 determines whether the instruction received in accordance with the user operation on the management screen shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 is an instruction for shifting the driver state to the same state as before the instruction is received. It is an example.
If the CPU 150 determines in S408 that the instruction received according to the user's operation is an instruction for changing the driver state to the same state as before the instruction is received, the CPU 150 displays the display control information (message flag 306) in S409. Set.
Here, the display control information is used as information for determining whether to display a message. In addition, the instruction received according to the user's operation is an instruction for changing the driver state to the same state as before the instruction is received. The instruction by the user with the start button and the stop button shown in FIG. This is the case.

  Thus, if the message flag 306 is set in S410, the CPU 150 can determine whether the image forming apparatus needs to be restarted according to whether the message flag 306 is set.

  5 to 7 are diagrams illustrating an example of a user interface displayed on the display unit 151 of the information processing apparatus 102 illustrated in FIG. This example is an example of an application management page displayed when the CPU 150 executes a management application.

  5 to 7, reference numeral 501 denotes an application management page. The information processing apparatus 102 is accessed from the image forming apparatus 101 with the configuration shown in FIG. 1 and displayed on a Web browser or the like. 6 is a message screen that the CPU 150 displays on the display unit 151 in response to the button operation shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a message screen displayed when restart is necessary, that is, in S408. FIG. 7 shows a message screen displayed in the case where the restart is not necessary, that is, in S409.

  An application name 502 is a name associated with an application installed in the image forming apparatus 101. Reference numeral 503 denotes the state of the application, and there are states of starting and stopping as display contents.

Reference numeral 504 denotes an operation button for changing the state of the application. A stop button is displayed for the application being started, and when pressed by a user operation, the state of the application changes to stop.
Conversely, in a stopped application, a start button is displayed, and when the start button is pressed by a user operation, the state of the application changes to start.
FIG. 6 shows a screen when a message indicating that a restart is necessary is shown. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 505 denotes a message, which displays to the user that a reboot is necessary to validate the driver settings.

  FIG. 7 shows a screen when a transition from a state requiring restart to an unnecessary state is made. Reference numeral 506 denotes a message that notifies the user that a state in which restart is necessary has changed to an unnecessary state. 6 and 7 are displayed on the display unit 151 when the CPU 150 executes the management application.

According to this embodiment, when the driver setting is performed so that the message flag is set for the special driver, the user is notified that the image forming apparatus does not need to be restarted, and the restart is not executed. Thereby, the operation stop time of the system can be shortened.
In the above embodiment, an example of a USB device is shown as an example of a device controlled by a special driver. However, the device is not limited to a USB device as long as the device is compatible with MEAP.

  The present invention can also be realized by executing the following processing. That is, software (program) that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus via a network or various storage media, and a computer (or CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or apparatus reads the program. To be executed.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications (including organic combinations of the embodiments) are possible based on the spirit of the present invention, and these are excluded from the scope of the present invention. is not.
Although various examples and embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, those skilled in the art will not limit the spirit and scope of the present invention to the specific description in the present specification.

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Claims (7)

An information processing apparatus that manages a driver for controlling a device that can be used in an image forming apparatus,
Obtaining means for obtaining information indicating a current device state from the image forming apparatus;
Display means for displaying a management screen for managing the device according to the information obtained by the obtaining means;
Receiving means for receiving an instruction to stop or start the state of the driver corresponding to the device displayed on the management screen;
A determination unit that determines whether it is necessary to restart the image forming apparatus according to an instruction received by the reception unit;
Control means for displaying a message related to restart on the management screen according to the judgment result by the judgment means;
An information processing apparatus comprising:   2. The control unit according to claim 1, wherein when the determination unit determines that the image forming apparatus needs to be restarted, a message indicating that the restart is necessary is displayed on the management screen. The information processing apparatus described.   2. The control unit according to claim 1, wherein when the determination unit determines that the image forming apparatus does not need to be restarted, a message indicating that the restart is not required is displayed on the management screen. The information processing apparatus described. Determining means for determining whether the instruction received by the receiving means is an instruction for transitioning the state of the driver to the same state as before the instruction is received;
When the determination unit determines that the instruction received by the reception unit is an instruction for changing the state of the driver to the same state as before the reception of the instruction, it is for determining whether to display the message Setting means for setting display control information,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines whether the image forming apparatus needs to be restarted according to the display control information set by the setting unit.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the driver includes a special driver according to a newly incorporated application and a system driver incorporated in advance. An information processing apparatus control method for managing a driver for controlling a device usable in an image forming apparatus,
An acquisition step of acquiring information indicating the current device state from the image forming apparatus;
A display step of displaying on the display means a management screen for managing the device according to the information acquired by the acquisition step;
An accepting step of accepting an instruction to stop or start the state of the driver corresponding to the device displayed on the management screen;
A determination step of determining whether it is necessary to restart the image forming apparatus according to the instruction received by the reception step;
A control step of displaying a message related to restart on the management screen according to the determination result of the determination step;
An information processing apparatus control method comprising:   A program for causing a computer to execute the control method of the information processing apparatus according to claim 6.

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