摘要 |
An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a controlling apparatus connected to each other through a network and having different addresses. Information, indicating that the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus are connected to each other also by a communication medium that is different from the network, is registered in at least one of the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus. A search request for searching an apparatus connected to the network is received. The information registered by the registering unit is provided as a response to the search request. Based on the response, it is displayed that the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus are connected to each other by the communication medium. |