IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMATION PROCESSING SHARING METHOD AND PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image formation system and the like for improving the productivity of processing as a whole image formation system by optimizing acquisition processing of data to be output.

SOLUTION: A first image processing device comprises: condition setting means for setting operating conditions associated with acquisition and output of a document; processing sharing destination determination means for determining an acquisition processing sharing destination which performs acquisition processing of the document from a document server based on the operating conditions and bibliographic information of the document; document acquisition path determination means for determining a document acquisition path used in document acquisition communication from plural paths on a network connected with the acquisition processing sharing destination and the document server; job control means for creating a job including at least one of an acquisition job and an output job of the document and controlling execution of the job; and job transfer means for transferring the job to a second image processing device; in which when the acquisition processing sharing destination of the document determined by the processing sharing destination determination means is the second image processing device, the job transfer means transfers a job including the acquisition job and the output job of the document and the determined document acquisition path to the second image processing device.

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