| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem wherein a plurality of image forming apparatuses for acquiring information to be an image forming target via a communicating means such as a network accesses an acquiring source of the information all at once.SOLUTION: Whether or not in-monitoring assertion information representing that an information storing means is being monitored is recorded, by another image forming apparatus, in the information storing means which is connected via the communicating means and which stores information. If the in-monitoring assertion information is not recorded by another image forming apparatus or if the in-monitoring assertion information recorded by another image forming apparatus satisfies a predetermined condition of expiration, new in-monitoring assertion information is generated and recoded in the information storing means. |
