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Device, software installation method, and storage medium

a software installation and storage medium technology, applied in the direction of digital output to print units, instruments, computing, etc., can solve the problems of increasing the load on the person in charge of installation services, requiring considerable time and labor, and unable to judge whether or not an installation appears to have been properly completed

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-08-21
CANON KK
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Benefits of technology

The present invention is about a system that can automatically set up multiple image forming devices based on the installation of the first device, even without a management device on-site. This feature simplifies the installation process and makes it easier to set up multiple devices.

Problems solved by technology

When the image forming device is installed in the user's usage environment, considerable time and labor are required for a person who is in charge of installation service to perform she initial installation of the image forming device.
When a script is created by an editor tool, it cannot be judged whether or not an installation appears to have been properly completed until the script is actually executed.
In the case of an initial installation of an image forming device using a management device, a person who is in charge of installation service must work by bringing a management device to an installation location for each image forming device, resulting in an increase in the load on the person who is in charge of installation service.
Furthermore, the person who is in charge of installation service may not be able to bring a management device or may not be able to establish connection to a management device from an installation location depending on the installation location of an image forming device.
In this case, the person who is in charge of installation service cannot perform initial settings for the image forming device using the management device.

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[0024]Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Firstly, a description will be given of the terms used in the present embodiment.

[0025]The term “additional option” refers to a function that enables additional functions and extension functions to be available by enabling them which are disabled in the initial state of an image forming device when an option license is provided to the image forming device in the initial state. The function itself to be available is provided in an image forming device in the initial state, and thus, no new software is required.

[0026]The term “setting information” refers to a collection of various device setting values relating to various functions of an image forming device. The term “device setting value” refers to a value to be set in an image forming device and refers to a parameter of software for controlling the operation of units provided in the image forming devi...

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[0132]According to the image forming device of the first embodiment, even when the model type of the image forming device 101 is different from that of the image forming device 102, software can be installed on the image forming device 102 using the script created by the image forming device 101.

[0133]However, when the model type-dependent installation operation as included an the script, a part of setting information may not be identical to each other. In other words, an image quality is set to a level different from the level of the image quality relating to the setting operation recorded in the script.

[0134]When setting information corresponding to the setting operation recorded in the script is not identical to each other upon automatic setting of the image forming device using the script, the image forming device of the second embodiment reports a warning message.

[0135]FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of automatic setting software operation processing in a reprodu...

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Abstract

Provided is an image forming device which is capable of connecting an external storage device. After the external storage device has been connected to the image forming device, the image forming device performs a software installation based on setting data acquired from the external storage device. The image forming device stores a script for executing steps required for the executed software installation in ordered sequence in the external storage device. When the script has already been stored in the external storage device upon connection of the external storage device to the image forming device, the image forming device performs the software installation by implementing the steps in the ordered sequence in accordance with the script.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a device, a software installation method, and a storage medium.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]In recent years, there has been proposed an image forming device that includes various functions such as a print function, a scanner function, a FAX function, a document repository function, and the like and is capable of adding and changing functions depending on each user, usage environment, or the like. For example, the image forming device is capable of adding an encryption print function by adding software, extending a scan function by enabling the option, and changing an initial display screen by changing setting values.[0005]When the image forming device is installed in the user's usage environment, considerable time and labor are required for a person who is in charge of installation service to perform she initial installation of the image forming device. Thus, There have b...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04N1/00
CPCH04N1/00938H04N1/00973H04N1/00278H04N1/00965H04N1/0097H04N2201/0094
Inventor ONSEN, TAKAHIRO
Owner CANON KK