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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2017
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Katsue Komaki, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a holding unit, a search unit, an update unit, and a transmitting unit. The holding unit holds group information including identification information of a different image forming apparatus belonging to a group to which the image forming apparatus belongs. The search unit searches for a candidate image forming apparatus to which the image forming information is to be transmitted at a predetermined timing when elimination of the image forming information is estimated. The update unit updates the group information such that the candidate image forming apparatus found by the search unit is included in the group. The transmitting unit transmits the group information updated by the update unit to the different image forming apparatus at the predetermined timing.