摘要 |
A printer group storage portion that stores a group made up of two or more printers, a print command acceptance portion that accepts an image formation job to form an image on a recording sheet, a data dividing portion that divides the image formation job accepted at the print command acceptance portion in units of pages for the respective printers in the group stored in the group storage portion, and a job transmission portion that distributes respective segments of the image formation job divided by the data dividing portion to the respective printers for the image forming job to be executed, are provided. The dividing portion divides the image formation job so that the segments of the image formation job distributed to the respective printers end almost simultaneously.
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