IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM

摘要

An image forming system includes mobile terminals and image forming apparatuses, in which one image forming apparatus receives setting information to be used in order to use the image forming apparatus, the setting information being stored in one mobile terminal and able to be transmitted to another mobile terminal that will use another image forming apparatus based on the setting information. The one image forming apparatus determines whether the setting information is to be changed based on a comparison between the ability of the image forming apparatuses and, when determining that the setting information is to be changed, changes the setting information and send the changed setting information to the other mobile terminal.

主权项

1. An image forming system comprising:
first and second mobile terminals; and first and second image forming apparatuses, wherein the first mobile terminal includes
a storing unit configured to store setting information to be used to cause the first image forming apparatus to perform a process,a receiving unit configured to receive identification information identifying the second image forming apparatus and a request to acquire the setting information stored in the storing unit from the second mobile terminal, anda first transmission unit configured to transmit the identification information identifying the second image forming apparatus received by the receiving unit and the setting information stored in the storing unit to the first image forming apparatus, wherein the first image forming apparatus includes
an acquisition unit configured to acquire ability information indicating ability of the second image forming apparatus identified based on the identification information transmitted from the first mobile terminal,a first determination unit configured to determine whether the setting information, which is to be transmitted from the first mobile terminal, is to be changed based on a comparison between the ability information indicating the ability of the second image forming apparatus acquired by the acquisition unit and ability of the first image forming apparatus,a change unit configured to, when the first determination unit determines that the setting information is to be changed, change the setting information based on the ability information indicating the ability of the second image forming apparatus, anda second transmission unit configured to transmit the setting information that has been changed by the change unit to the second mobile terminal.