| 主权项 |
1. An image forming system, comprising:
a plurality of image forming apparatuses; and a group management server; wherein the plurality of image forming apparatuses each include a storage device that stores a plurality of document-boxes for a plurality of users, and a document-box management unit that is configured to execute generation and deletion of a document box of the plurality of document-boxes for each user of the plurality of users in the storage device; the group management server includes a group generating unit, and a document-box movement processing unit; the group generating unit generates a plurality of groups by categorizing the plurality of document boxes based upon a predetermined condition for each group, assigns each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses to a respective one of the generated groups, and detects a user of a document box of the plurality of document boxes moved from a first group to a second group in the generated plurality of groups; when the group generating unit detects the user of the document box of the plurality of document boxes moved from the first group to the second group in the generated plurality of groups, the document-box movement processing unit transmits a command to at least one of a first image forming apparatus and a second image forming apparatus, the first image forming apparatus being assigned to the first group before the movement, the second image forming apparatus being assigned to the second group in the generated groups after the movement, the command causing movement of the document box of the moved user from the first image forming apparatus to the second image forming apparatus; and when the document-box management unit in at least one of the first image forming apparatus and the second image forming apparatus accepts the command, the document-box management unit forwards the document box of the moved user from the first image forming apparatus to the second image forming apparatus. |
