Image forming apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program
An image forming apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information concerning a contract of a subscription service of the image forming apparatus; a storage unit that stores the information concerning the contract of the subscription service acquired by the acquisition unit; and a control unit that sets, based on a fact that the information concerning the contract of the subscription service stored in the storage unit is first information indicating purchase of the image forming apparatus, a state of the image forming apparatus to a state corresponding to the first information.
1 . An image forming apparatus comprising:
at least one memory and at least one processor which function as:
an acquisition unit configured to acquire notification information indicating that a contract of a subscription service of the image forming apparatus is changed to a purchased state of the image forming apparatus;
a storage unit configured to store information concerning a contract of the image forming apparatus; and
a control unit configured to shift, based on a fact that the notification information is acquired by the acquisition unit in a state that the information concerning the contract of the image forming apparatus stored in the storage unit indicates a subscription service contracted state of the image forming apparatus, a state of the image forming apparatus to the purchased state indicated by the notification information.
2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit shifts the state of the image forming apparatus to the purchased state indication by the notification information by setting a function, that is restricted in the subscription service, to be executable.
3 . The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the function that is restricted in the subscription service includes at least one of a copy function, a print function, a scan function, and a facsimile function.
4 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a display unit configured to display a user interface screen,
wherein the control unit shifts the state of the image forming apparatus to the purchased state indicated by the notification information by switching the user interface screen from a user interface screen corresponding to the subscription service contracted state of the image forming apparatus to a user interface screen corresponding to the purchased state indicated by the notification information.
5 . The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the user interface screen corresponding to the subscription service contracted state of the image forming apparatus includes no information concerning purchase of a consumable used in the image forming apparatus, and the user interface screen corresponding to the purchased state indicated by the notification information includes the information concerning the purchase of the consumable.
6 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an image forming unit configured to form an image using a consumable,
wherein the control unit shifts the state of the image forming apparatus to the purchased state indicated by the notification information by controlling use of the consumable in the image forming unit.
7 . The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a consumable corresponding to the subscription service contracted state of the image forming apparatus cannot be used in the image forming unit in the purchased state indicated by the notification information.
8 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit shifts the state of the image forming apparatus to the purchased state indicated by the notification information by executing predetermined processing for a setting value used in the image forming apparatus.
9 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the predetermined processing is initialization.
10 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the setting value as a target of the predetermined processing is used in the subscription service contracted state of the image forming apparatus, and is not used in the purchased state indicated by the notification information.
11 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the predetermined processing is initialization based on an instruction from a user.
12 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a notification unit configured to make a notification of a shift to the purchased state indicated by the notification information.
13 . The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the notification by the notification unit is display by a display unit of the image forming apparatus.
14 . The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the notification unit makes a notification of information concerning a function that is unusable in the subscription service and is usable in a case where the image forming apparatus is purchased.
15 . The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the notification by the notification unit is a notification to a server configured to manage a service.
16 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the acquisition unit acquires the notification information from a server configured to manage a service.
17 . A control method executed by an image forming apparatus, comprising:
acquiring notification information indicating that a contract of a subscription service of the image forming apparatus is changed to a purchased state of the image forming apparatus;
storing, in a storage unit, information concerning a contract of the image forming apparatus; and
shifting, based on a fact that the notification information is acquired in the acquiring in a state that the information concerning the contract of the image forming apparatus stored in the storage unit indicates a subscription service contracted state of the image forming apparatus, a state of the image forming apparatus to the purchased state indicated by the notification information.
18 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program configured to cause a computer to function to:
acquire notification information indicating that a contract of a subscription service of an image forming apparatus is changed to a purchased state of the image forming apparatus;
store, in a storage unit, information concerning a contract of the image forming apparatus; and
shift, based on a fact that the notification information is acquired in a state that the information concerning the contract of the image forming apparatus stored in the storage unit indicates a subscription service contracted state of the image forming apparatus, a state of the image forming apparatus to the purchased state indicated by the notification information.