IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming system for controlling a connected job with high efficiency by efficiently operating a slave unit and evading the deadlock of both sides.

SOLUTION: The image forming system is provided with: a job management means for managing the job of an image forming processing by the combination of a read job and a printing job; a job reservation means for reserving a second printing single job while a first printing job is operating, or operating the read job of a second job in advance and reserving the second printing job while the first printing job is operating; and an order management means for forming images in the order of supplied jobs. The time to register the printing job of a second image forming device to the order is synchronized with the printing job start of a first image forming device.

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