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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Kamiya, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a selection-information acquiring unit, a type-information acquiring unit, and a selecting unit. The selection-information acquiring unit acquires selection information including information representing an additional apparatus which is selectable in accordance with a combination of one or more types of additional apparatuses connectable to the image forming apparatus. The type-information acquiring unit acquires type information representing one or more types of connecting additional apparatuses which are the additional apparatuses connected to the image forming apparatus. The selecting unit selects a connecting additional apparatus corresponding to the type information from the selection information.