JP2020108021A - Information processing device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To register in a storage destination set for each application program by inputting setting data of an application output from one device to another device even when a setting method of the storage destination for storing the setting data of an application program is different between devices.SOLUTION: An operation input receiving unit 32 receives various input operations from a user, and receives an instruction to export setting data of an application when a user tries to export the setting data of the application. When the operation input reception unit 32 receives an instruction to export the setting data of a certain application, an output unit 41 outputs, as an export file, setting data of the application instructed to be exported, and specific information for specifying the storage destination that stores the setting data for each application.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device and a program.

In Patent Document 1, when exporting the setting values corresponding to the selected setting item, if the selected setting item includes a setting item that depends on the destination country/region, An image forming apparatus is disclosed which outputs export data including both a set value when the region information is valid and a set value when the region information is invalid.

In Patent Document 2, when the setting information of another device is imported, if the setting item included in the setting information to be imported does not affect other setting items, the setting item is automatically set. An image forming apparatus is disclosed in which setting information of another apparatus is imported even if the setting item is not yet activated in the apparatus.

Japanese Patent No. 6071432 Japanese Patent No. 6261370

An object of the present invention is to input application setting data output from a certain device to another device so that the application program setting data for each application program can be input even if the devices have different storage destination setting methods for storing the application program setting data. It is to provide an information processing apparatus and a program that can be registered in the storage destination set in.

[Information processing equipment]
The present invention according to claim 1 is a receiving unit that receives an instruction to output setting data of an application program,
When an instruction to output the setting data of a certain application program is received by the receiving unit, the setting data of the application program instructed to output and the specific information for specifying the storage destination for storing the setting data for each application program And an output means for outputting as an output file.

The present invention according to claim 2 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output means outputs different types of specific information for each type of application program for which setting data is to be output.

The present invention according to claim 3 is the information processing according to claim 2, wherein the specific information is information on a folder name of a folder for storing setting data, or information on a domain name for designating a storage destination of the setting data. It is a device.

The present invention according to claim 4 further comprises display control means for controlling to display a list of application programs capable of outputting setting data among the application programs installed in the own device,
The accepting unit accepts selection of an application program that outputs setting data from a list of application programs displayed on the display unit,
4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs setting data and setting information of the selected application program as an output file.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, when the receiving unit receives an instruction to input an output file output by another device, the storage destination is specified by the specifying information included in the output file, and the specified storage destination is specified. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a registration unit configured to register the setting data.

The present invention according to claim 6 is an application program having the same identifier as the identifier of an application program installed in its own apparatus among application programs whose setting data and specific information are included in an output file that has received an input instruction. Display control means for controlling to display a list of programs on the display unit,
The accepting unit accepts selection of an application program for inputting setting data from a list of application programs displayed on the display unit,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the registration unit inputs the setting data and setting information of the selected application program from the output file.

The present invention according to claim 7 includes a receiving step of receiving an instruction to output setting data of an application program,
When an instruction to output the setting data of an application program is received in the receiving step, the setting data of the application program whose output is instructed and specific information for specifying a storage destination for storing the setting data for each application program Is a program for causing a computer to execute an output step for outputting and as an output file.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, even if the devices have different storage destination setting methods for storing the setting data of the application program, the setting data of the application output from a certain device is input to another device. Thus, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus capable of being registered in the storage destination set for each application program.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, even when the setting method of the storage destination of the setting data is different for each type of application program, the setting data of the application output from a certain device is input to the other device and the application is set. It is possible to provide an information processing apparatus capable of being registered in the storage destination set for each program.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, even if the setting method of the storage destination of the setting data is different for each type of application program, the setting data of the application output from a certain device is input to the other device and the application is set. It is possible to provide an information processing apparatus capable of being registered in the storage destination set for each program.

According to the present invention according to claim 4, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus capable of selecting an application program that outputs setting data as an output file when a plurality of application programs are already installed in the own apparatus. it can.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, even between devices having different storage destination setting methods for storing the setting data of the application program, the setting data of the application output from one device is input to another device. Thus, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus capable of being registered in the storage destination set for each application program.

According to the present invention of claim 6, even when the output file includes the setting data of a plurality of application programs, the application program to which the setting data is input can be selected from the application programs installed in the own device. An information processing device that can be provided can be provided.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, even if the devices having different storage destination setting methods for storing the setting data of the application program are different from each other, the setting data of the application output from one device is input to another device. Thus, it is possible to provide a program that can be registered in the storage destination set for each application program.

1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining how the image forming apparatus 10B imports the export file 61 output from the image forming apparatus 10A. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a state in which the export file 61 output from the image forming apparatus 10A is once stored in the terminal device 20 and then imported in each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses 10B. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of image forming apparatuses 10A and 10B according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of image forming apparatuses 10A and 10B according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of installed applications installed in the image forming apparatuses 10A and 10B. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing only the functional configuration required for exporting the export file 61 in the image forming apparatus 10A and the functional configuration required for importing the export file 61 in the image forming apparatus 10B. It is a figure which shows the example of a home screen displayed on the operation panel 50A of 10 A of image forming apparatuses. It is the figure which expanded the display content of the operation panel 50A shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of an import/export selection screen displayed when the program for import/export processing is started. It is a figure which shows the example of an application selection screen displayed when a user operates an export button. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the export file 61. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an operation screen after the import/export processing program is started on the operation panel 50B of the image forming apparatus 10B. It is a figure which shows the example of an application selection screen displayed when a user operates an import button in the operation screen shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a state in which the image forming apparatus 10B generates storage destination designation information using the specific information included in the export file 61 based on a storage destination designation information generation rule that differs for each type of application. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a folder hierarchical structure in the image forming apparatus 10B. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a folder hierarchical structure in the image forming apparatus 10C.

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

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

As shown in FIG. 1, the image forming system according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes image forming apparatuses 10A and 10B and a terminal device 20 which are mutually connected by a network 30. The terminal device 20 generates print data and transmits the generated print data to the image forming apparatuses 10A and 10B via the network 30. The image forming apparatuses 10A and 10B receive the print data transmitted from the terminal device 20, and output an image corresponding to the print data on a sheet. The image forming apparatuses 10A and 10B are so-called multifunction machines having a plurality of functions such as a print function, a scan function, a copy function, and a facsimile function.

In this embodiment, the image forming apparatuses 10A and 10B are manufactured by the same manufacturer, but the models and the manufacturing times are different, and the data configurations such as the storage location for storing the data are different.

Each of the image forming apparatuses 10A and 10B has a function capable of installing an application program for executing various functions.

Here, the application program (or application software program) is different from a basic software program called an operating system (hereinafter abbreviated as OS) that controls general-purpose functions of the system, and is used to execute a specific process. It is a software program and is also called an applied software program. In other words, the application program is a program created specifically for a specific function such as a print function and a scan function. In the following description, the application program or the application software program is simply abbreviated as an application.

Then, in such an application, the user can register various setting contents. For example, it is possible to register various settings such as the resolution when scanning and reading a document image, the transfer destination and format of the read data, and the number of prints when printing.

Then, in an environment where a plurality of image forming apparatuses are used in the same organization or department, it may be desired to make similar settings for the same application installed in each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses. In such a case, it would be troublesome to perform the same operation on each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses and register the same setting contents. Therefore, by registering desired settings in one of the plurality of image forming apparatuses, outputting the setting contents as an export file, and importing the settings into another image forming apparatus, the same setting contents can be formed in the plurality of image forming apparatuses. Processing is performed such that it is expanded to the device.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, by outputting the setting content of the user setting in a certain application registered in the image forming apparatus 10A as an export file 61 and importing the export file 61 by the image forming apparatus 10B, The setting content registered in the image forming apparatus 10A is reflected in the image forming apparatus 10B.

Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, the export file 61 exported from the image forming apparatus 10A can be temporarily stored in the image forming apparatus 20. By doing so, it becomes possible to sequentially import the export file 61 to a plurality of image forming apparatuses 10B connected later on the network 30.

However, each of the image forming apparatuses 10A, 10B, etc. is provided with an import processing program for performing such import processing in advance.

Then, each application generates a storage location of the setting data after being installed in each device, and stores the setting data in the storage location.

Therefore, in the import processing program, in order to import the export file containing the setting data of another device and overwrite and update the setting data registered in the specified storage location, Location information is needed.

However, since a new application may be developed after the development of the import processing program, the import processing program may not be able to specify which application stores the setting data in which storage location.

If the output side device that exports the export file and the input side device that imports the export file have the same data structure such as the file structure, information on the storage location where the output side device stores the setting data is displayed. By including it in the export file, the input side device can specify the storage location where the setting data should be registered, based on the storage location information.

However, even devices manufactured by the same manufacturer may have different data structures for storing data such as a file hierarchical structure if the models and manufacturing times are different. Therefore, the output side device that outputs the export file cannot specify the information of the storage location of the setting data in the input side device.

Therefore, in the image forming system of the present embodiment, the setting data of the application is stored by executing the following processes in the output side device that outputs the export file and the input side device that imports the export file. Even if devices with different storage destination setting methods (or setting rules) are used, input the application setting data output from one device to another device and register it in the storage destination set for each application. I am able to do it.

Next, FIG. 4 shows a hardware configuration of the image forming apparatuses 10A and 10B in the image forming system of this embodiment. In addition, in the present embodiment, the image forming apparatuses 10A and 10B have the same configuration and therefore will be described with reference to the same drawings, but the image forming apparatuses 10A and 10B may have different configurations.

As shown in FIG. 4, the image forming apparatuses 10A and 10B exchange data with a CPU 11, a memory 12, a storage device 13 such as a hard disk drive (abbreviation of HDD), and an external device via a network 30, respectively. A communication interface (abbreviation of IF) 14 for transmitting and receiving, a user interface (UI) device 15 including a touch panel or a liquid crystal display, and a keyboard, a scanner 16, and a print engine 17. These components are connected to each other via a control bus 18.

The print engine 17 prints an image on a recording medium such as printing paper through processes such as charging, exposure, development, transfer, and fixing.

The CPU 11 executes predetermined processing based on a control program stored in the memory 12 or the storage device 13 to control the operations of the image forming apparatuses 10A and 10B, respectively. In the present embodiment, the CPU 11 will be described as reading and executing the control program stored in the memory 12 or the storage device 13. However, the program is stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM and stored in the CPU 11. It is also possible to provide.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the image forming apparatuses 10A and 10B realized by executing the above control program.

As shown in FIG. 5, the image forming apparatus 10 according to the present exemplary embodiment includes a display unit 31, an operation input receiving unit 32, an export processing unit 33, an import processing unit 34, a control unit 35, and setting data storage. And a section 36.

The export processing unit 33 performs an export process of generating and outputting application setting data as an export file (an example of an output file). Further, the import processing unit 34 inputs an export file output from another device and executes an import process of updating the setting data of the application in the own device with the setting data included in the export file. Here, the setting data is exported in a general-purpose data format that does not depend on the specification of the application or the data structure.

Here, the export processing unit 33 is composed of an output unit 41 and an export file generation unit 42. The import processing unit 34 is composed of an export file reading unit 43 and a registration unit 44.

The display unit 31 displays various information to the user. The operation input acceptance unit 32 accepts various input operations from the user, and accepts an instruction to export the application setting data when the user tries to export (an example of output) the application setting data.

The setting data storage unit 36 stores the setting data of each application installed in its own device.

When the export file generation unit 42 receives the instruction to export the setting data of a certain application from the operation input reception unit 32, the export file generation unit 42 reads the setting data of the application instructed to be exported from the setting data storage unit 36, , And an export file including identification information for identifying the storage location for storing the setting data for each application. That is, the specific information is information for specifying a storage destination indicating which storage destination the setting data is stored.

Then, the output unit 41 outputs the export file generated by the export file generation unit 42 to the outside of the device. That is, when the operation input reception unit 32 receives an instruction to export the setting data of an application, the output unit 41 determines the setting data of the application for which the export is instructed and the storage destination for storing the setting data for each application. The specific information for specifying and output as an export file.

The output unit 41 outputs different types of specific information for each type of application for which setting data is to be output. Specifically, when a certain application uses a folder having a certain folder name as a storage destination of the setting data, the output unit 41 exports the information of the folder name of the folder storing the setting data as the specific information. And output it. Further, when an application uses a certain domain name when designating the storage location of the setting data, the output unit 41 uses the domain name information for designating the storage location of the setting data as the specific information. Include in the export file and output.

Specifically, there are various types of applications, such as an application having a WebUI configuration, an application having a Java (registered trademark) resident service configuration, and an application having a Java servlet configuration. Here, an application having a WebUI configuration is an application that can display a user interface using a Web browser. Further, the Java resident service configuration application is a resident application generated in Java language, and the Java Servlet configuration application is generated in Java language and dynamically generates a web page or the like on the server to perform data processing. It is an application for doing.

Then, in the web UI configuration application, the storage destination for storing the setting data is designated by the storage destination designation information generated using the folder name, and in the Java resident service configuration application, the storage generated using the domain name is stored. The storage destination designation information for designating the storage destination differs depending on the type of each application, such as designating the storage destination for storing the setting data by the destination designation information.

The export file reading unit 43 reads an export file exported by another device.

The registration unit 44 receives the export file read by the export file reading unit 43, and when the operation input reception unit 32 receives an instruction to input the export file output by another device, the specific information included in the export file The storage destination is specified by and the setting data is registered in the specified storage destination.

When the control unit 35 generates and outputs an export file, the control unit 35 controls the display unit 31 to display a list of applications that can output setting data among the application programs installed in the own device. It functions as a control means.

Then, the operation input acceptance unit 32 accepts selection of an application that outputs setting data from the list of applications displayed on the display unit 31.

Then, the export file generation unit 42 generates an export file including the setting data and setting information of the application selected by the operation input reception unit 32, and the output unit 41 outputs the generated export file.

In addition, the control unit 35, when an export file from another device is input, selects an app that is already installed in its own device among the apps whose setting data and specific information are included in the export file that receives the input instruction. It functions as a display control unit that controls the display unit 31 to display a list of applications having the same identifier as the identifier.

Then, the operation input reception unit 32 receives the selection of the application for inputting the setting data from the list of applications displayed on the display unit 31.

Then, the registration 44 inputs the setting data and the setting information of the application selected by the operation input receiving unit 32 from the export file.

Next, the operation of the image forming apparatuses 10A and 10B according to the present exemplary embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Here, FIG. 6 shows an example of installed applications installed in the image forming apparatuses 10A and 10B. In the following description, as shown in FIG. 6, in the image forming apparatus 10A, three applications of “XYZ scan”, “cloud print”, and “scan setting tool” have been installed, and in the image forming apparatus 10B. The case where three applications of “XYZ scan”, “collective print”, and “scan setting tool” are already installed will be described.

In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the applications “XYZ scan” and “cloud print” are applications having a WebUI configuration, and the application “scan setting tool” is an application having a Java resident service configuration.

Then, a case will be described in which the setting contents of the image forming apparatus 10A are exported as an export file 61 (an example of output), and the export file 61 is imported into the image forming apparatus 10B.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing only the functional configuration required for exporting the export file 61 in the image forming apparatus 10A and the functional configuration required for importing the export file 61 in the image forming apparatus 10B.

It should be noted that the functional configuration of the image forming apparatus 10A is denoted by A after the symbol, and the functional configuration of the image forming apparatus 10B is denoted by B after the symbol.

In FIG. 7, the setting data storage unit 36A of the image forming apparatus 10A stores respective setting data of the applications “XYZ scan”, “cloud print”, and “scan setting tool”. Further, the setting data storage unit 36B of the image forming apparatus 10B stores the setting data of each of the applications “XYZ scan”, “collective print”, and “scan setting tool”.

8 to 11 show examples of operation screens when the export file 61 is generated and exported in the image forming apparatus 10A in such a state.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a home screen displayed on the operation panel 50A of the image forming apparatus 10A. In FIG. 8, it can be seen that the icon 51A named "import/export" is displayed on the operation panel 50A of the image forming apparatus 10A.

FIG. 9 shows an enlarged display content of the operation panel 50A. Then, FIG. 9 shows a state in which the user touches the icon 51A to activate the import/export processing program.

Next, FIG. 10 shows an example of an import/export selection screen displayed when the import/export processing program is started. In FIG. 10, the operation screen is displayed so that the user can select whether to perform the import process or the export process.

Here, FIG. 10 shows a case where the user operates the export button to perform the export process.

FIG. 11 shows an example of an application selection screen displayed when the user operates the export button. In FIG. 11, a screen for selecting an application whose setting data is to be exported is displayed. Then, FIG. 11 shows a case where the user selects three applications of “XYZ scan”, “cloud print”, and “scan setting tool”.

FIG. 12 shows an example of the structure of the export file 61 output by performing such an operation.

As shown in FIG. 12, the export file 61 includes header information that is index information for referencing stored data such as offset size from the beginning, and specific information and setting data configured for each type of application. And a set of.

Note that, in the present embodiment, a case will be described in which an application having a WebUI configuration, setting data of an application having a Java resident service configuration, and the like are included in the export file 61. It is also possible to include the setting data of the type of application.

In FIG. 12, the export file 61 includes folder name information “CS_RM_00901” and “CS_RM_00265” as the identification information of the application having the WebUI configuration. Here, “CS_RM_00901” is the specific information of the application “XYZ scan”, and “CS_RM_00265” is the specific information of the application “cloud print”. The export file 61 also includes setting data for "XYZ scan" and "cloud print".

Similarly, the export file 61 includes the information of the domain name "scansetting.abc.co.jp" as the specific information of the application of the "scan setting tool" which is the application of the Java resident service configuration. The export file 61 also includes the setting data of the "scan setting tool".

Next, an example of an operation screen when importing the export file 61 shown in FIG. 12 in the image forming apparatus 10B will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14.

FIG. 13 shows an example of the operation screen after the import/export processing program is started on the operation panel 50B of the image forming apparatus 10B. FIG. 14 shows an example of an application selection screen displayed when the user operates the import button on the operation screen shown in FIG.

In the present embodiment, the imported export file 61 includes setting data of three applications of “XYZ scan”, “cloud print”, and “scan setting tool”. However, installed in the image forming apparatus 10B are apps called "XYZ scan", "collective print", and "scan setting tool".

Therefore, in the selection screen for selecting the application for importing the setting data in the image forming apparatus 10B, among the applications whose setting data is included in the export file 61, "XYZ scan", which is the application installed in the apparatus itself, " Only "Scan Setting Tool" is displayed as selectable.

Then, FIG. 14 shows a case where the user selects two applications of “XYZ scan” and “scan setting tool”.

As shown in FIG. 14, when two applications “XYZ scan” and “scan setting tool” are selected and an instruction to import the setting data is given, the image forming apparatus 10B includes the “XYZ scan” included in the export file 61. , And “scan setting tool” are used to generate storage destination designation information for designating the storage destination of the setting data of each application.

FIG. 15 shows how the image forming apparatus 10B generates the storage destination designation information using the specific information included in the export file 61 based on the storage destination designation information generation rule that differs for each type of application.

In the image forming apparatus 10B, as shown in FIG. 15, as a storage destination designation information generation rule for generating storage destination designation information of an application having a WebUI configuration, "root/www/cs_contents/(folder name)" is used. It is assumed that the generation rule is set. Further, in the image forming apparatus 10B, "http://(IP address of own apparatus)/(domain name)" is used as a storage destination designation information generation rule for generating storage destination designation information of an application having a Java resident service configuration. The description will be made assuming that the generation rule is set.

Therefore, in the image forming apparatus 10B, from the folder name “CS_RM_00901” which is the specific information of “XYZ scan” and the storage destination designation information generation rule of the application having the WebUI configuration, the storage destination designation information of the setting data of “XYZ scan” is obtained. As a storage destination path, a storage destination path indicated by a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) of "root/www/cs_contents/CS_RM_00901" is generated as storage destination designation information.

Further, in the image forming apparatus 10B, the domain name “scansetting.abc.co.jp”, which is the specific information of the “scan setting tool”, and the storage destination designation information generation rule of the application of the Java resident service configuration are used for the “scan setting”. As the storage destination designation information of the setting data of "tool", the storage destination designation information of "http://181.64.1.1/scansetting.abc.co.jp" is generated. The IP address of the image forming apparatus 10B is assumed to be "181.64.1.1".

That is, the specific information is used to specify the storage destination of the setting data in the device by applying the generation rule of the storage destination specifying information that is different for each device in advance and generating the storage destination specifying information in the device. Information.

Then, in the image forming apparatus 10B, the setting data of the "XYZ scan" and the "scan setting tool" included in the export file 61 is registered in the storage destination based on the storage destination designation information generated as described above. That is, the old setting data already registered in the storage destination based on the respective storage destination specifying information is overwritten and updated by the new setting data extracted from the export file 61.

The reason why the storage destination designation information itself generated as described above cannot be generated in advance in the image forming apparatus 10A that exports the setting data will be described below.

In the image forming apparatus 10B described above, as shown in FIG. 16, the setting data of the application having the WebUI structure has a folder structure in which it is stored in a hierarchical file “root/www/cs_contents”. .. Therefore, in the image forming apparatus 10B, when the application “XYZ scan” is first installed, a folder with the folder name “CS_RM_00901” is generated and the setting data is stored in the folder “cs_contents”.

However, since the image forming apparatus 10A does not know the information of such a folder hierarchical structure of the image forming apparatus 10B, the storage destination designation information "root/www/cs_contents" itself is generated and included in the export file 61. It is impossible.

For example, FIG. 17 shows an example of a folder hierarchical structure in the image forming apparatus 10C having a different folder hierarchical structure from the image forming apparatus 10B.

As shown in FIG. 17, in the image forming apparatus 10C, it is assumed that the setting data of the application having the WebUI configuration has a folder structure such that the setting data is stored in a hierarchical file “home/abcd/apldata”. .. Then, the storage destination designation information to be generated as the storage destination designation information for storing the "XYZ scan" setting data is "home/abcd/apldata/CS_RM_00901".

Thus, if the image forming apparatus into which the export file 61 is imported is different in the storage destination designation information to be generated, the image forming apparatus 10A cannot generate the storage destination designation information itself.

Similarly, even in the case of an application having a Java resident service configuration, the storage file information generation rule of the image forming apparatus into which the export file 61 is imported is different, and the IP address is different for each image forming apparatus. The storage destination designation information itself cannot be generated.

Therefore, in the image forming apparatus 10A of the present embodiment, the export file 61 includes the specific information for specifying the storage destination designation information, and the image forming apparatus 10B that imports the export file 61 uses the specific information. By generating the storage destination specification information based on the storage destination information generation rule in the device itself, the setting data can be exported/imported properly even between devices with different storage destination setting methods. To be done.

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In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which, between image forming apparatuses having different data configurations such as storage locations for storing data, an export file exported by one image forming apparatus is imported by the other image forming apparatus. The present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is similarly applied to the case where setting data is exported and imported between various information processing devices such as a personal computer, a mobile phone device such as a smartphone, and a tablet device. Is something that can be done.

10A, 10B Image forming apparatus 11 CPU
12 memory 13 storage device 14 communication interface (IF)
15 user interface (UI) device 16 scanner 17 print engine 18 control bus 20 terminal device 30 network 31 display unit 32 operation input acceptance unit 33 export processing unit 34 import processing unit 35 control unit 36 setting data storage unit 41 output unit 42 export file Generation unit 43 Export file reading unit 44 Registration unit 50A, 50B Operation panel 51A Icon 61 Export file

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Receiving means for receiving an instruction to output the setting data of the application program,
When an instruction to output the setting data of a certain application program is received by the receiving unit, the setting data of the application program instructed to output and the specific information for specifying the storage destination for storing the setting data for each application program An output means for outputting and as an output file,
Information processing device equipped with. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs different types of specific information for different types of application programs that are to output setting data. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the specific information is information on a folder name of a folder storing setting data or information on a domain name for designating a storage destination of the setting data. Of the application programs installed in the device itself, a display control means for controlling to display a list of application programs capable of outputting setting data on the display unit,
The accepting unit accepts selection of an application program that outputs setting data from a list of application programs displayed on the display unit,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs setting data and setting information of the selected application program as an output file. When the accepting unit accepts an instruction to input the output file output from another device, a registering unit that identifies the storage destination by the identification information included in the output file and registers the setting data in the identified storage destination is provided. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: Of the application programs whose setting data and specific information are included in the output file that has received the input instruction, the display unit displays a list of application programs having the same identifiers as the identifiers of the application programs installed in the device itself. Further comprising display control means for controlling
The accepting unit accepts selection of an application program for inputting setting data from a list of application programs displayed on the display unit,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the registration unit inputs setting data and setting information of the selected application program from the output file. A receiving step for receiving an instruction to output the setting data of the application program,
When an instruction to output the setting data of an application program is received in the receiving step, the setting data of the application program whose output is instructed and specific information for specifying a storage destination for storing the setting data for each application program An output step that outputs and as an output file,
A program that causes a computer to execute.

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