System for and method of sharing photosensitive medium characteristics, and image forming apparatus

摘要

In a medical facility, image forming apparatus are connected to a local area network, and the characteristics of the photosensitive mediums are stored in a database connected to the local area network. When new photosensitive mediums are loaded in a certain image forming apparatus, attribute information of the new photosensitive mediums is transmitted to the database via the local area network. If the characteristics of the photosensitive mediums depending on the attribute information are stored in the database, then the characteristics of the photosensitive mediums are downloaded from the database via the local area network into the certain image forming apparatus. The characteristics of the photosensitive mediums can thus be shared among the image forming apparatus.