By setting a newly registered device as the default device for executing the scanner function, the control unit 11 according to the third embodiment can set a device having a high probability of being the device that the user wishes to use as the default device for executing the scanner function, thereby reducing the operational load on the user for setting the default device for executing the scanner function when a plurality of devices can be registered for executing the scanner function.
Default Devices Changing Process
Next, a changing process for changing the default device will be described with reference to
When the user changes the default printer and the new default printer possesses a scanner function, the device control program sets this printer (i.e., MFP) as the default scanner. More specifically, when the user has changed the default printer, the control unit 11 determines whether the new default printer is also registered as a scanner (whether there exists a device name in the device data for devices registered for executing the scanner function that matches the device name of the new default printer). When the device name of the new default printer is registered as a scanner, the control unit 11 also sets this printer (i.e., MFP) as the default scanner.