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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
May. 30, 2018
Takuya Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus, an information processing system, and a method for configuring the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes circuitry configured to read setting data stored in a storage medium, determine whether the read setting data is first setting data available for another image forming apparatus or second setting data available for the image forming apparatus, configure the image forming apparatus using the second setting data, based on a determination that the read setting data is the second setting data, and configure the image forming apparatus using the first setting data, based on a determination that the read setting data is the first setting data and the another image forming apparatus is the same as the image forming apparatus. The information processing system includes the image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus.