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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Suga, Ibaraki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for controlling an image forming system including a wireless operation unit having a third wireless communication unit, an acquiring unit that acquires status information of the image forming apparatuses, and a display that displays the status information of the image forming apparatuses includes a connection process in which the third wireless communication unit connects individually to each of a first wireless communication unit of a first image forming apparatus and a second wireless communication unit of a second image forming apparatus via wireless communication without a wireless LAN router, an acquisition process in which the acquiring unit acquires the status information of the first image forming apparatus and the status information of the second image forming apparatus individually, and a display process in which the display displays the status information of the first image forming apparatus and the status information of the second image forming apparatus.