| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a communication load when printing print data accumulated in an image forming apparatus from a desired image forming apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: A first image forming apparatus stores print data and bibliographic information of the print data by predetermined storage means, and transmits specific information for specifying the first image forming apparatus to a second image forming apparatus in order to notify of the storage of the print data at the first image forming apparatus. For print processing, the first image forming apparatus requests a list of image forming apparatuses where print data is stored from the second image forming apparatus, receives the list of image forming apparatuses which are storage destinations of print data from the second image forming apparatus according to the request for the list of image forming apparatuses, and requests a list of print data with respect to an image forming apparatus corresponding to the received list of image forming apparatuses, receives the list of print data from the image forming apparatus of the request destination according to the request, and requests the image forming apparatus storing the print data to print according to the list of print data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
