Image-forming system with a graphical user interface having an interconnection architecture

摘要

An image-forming system (110) with a graphic user interface (110) having an interconnection architecture (250, 350, 450) where software applications (252, 254, 352, 354, 452, 454) share one or more plug-in packages (262, 264, 266, 268, 270, 272, 364, 366, 370, 372, 374 ,464, 466, 470, 472, 474). One of the software applications (252, 254, 352, 354, 452, 454) may be used as a plug-in.