IMAGE FORMING DEVICE SYSTEM

摘要

PURPOSE:To attain the integrated control of a high degree for each department (ID) and furthermore to attain a copying operation in an emergency by connecting plural image forming devices together via a communication means using a telephone circuit. CONSTITUTION:This image forming device system includes the image forming devices 2 having the counting functions of the ID counters and a host computer 1 which totalizes the count value with a communication means 3. When the totalized result of the count value reaches a limit value registered in the computer 1, the computer 1 sends the copy inhibiting command to the copy with the corresponding ID number to each device 2. Meanwhile, the device 2 has a function to cancel the copy inhibiting command.