IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE

摘要

An image forming system includes a plurality of image forming devices connected in data communication with each other via a network. Each of the image forming devices includes a storage unit, an operational unit, and a controller. If one user logs into a first image forming device among the image forming devices, a controller of the first image forming device checks for the existence of a second image forming device into which the user has logged. If the controller of the first image forming device determines the second image forming device into which the user has logged, the controller transmits a logout instruction of the user to the second image forming device.

主权项

1. An image forming system comprising:
a plurality of image forming devices connected in data communication with each other via a network, each of the image forming devices including:
a first storage unit that stores first authentication information corresponding to a user permitted to log into a relevant image forming device;a second storage unit that stores setting information of the relevant image forming device;an operational unit for input of second authentication information; anda controller that permits logging into the relevant image forming device if the second authentication information received from the operational unit matches the first authentication information stored in the first storage unit; wherein if one user logs into a first image forming device among the image forming devices, a controller of the first image forming device checks for the existence of a second image forming device into which the user has logged; and wherein, if the controller determines the second image forming device into which the user has logged, the controller acquires the setting information stored in the second storage unit of the second image forming device from the second image forming device, and sets the setting information of the second image forming device in the first image forming device.