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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2006
Tomoji Tanaka, Toyokawa, JP;
Tomoji Tanaka, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system includes a first image forming apparatus and a second image forming apparatus that are connected to each other via a network. The first image forming apparatus includes a transmitter unit transferring reproduced data of data for transfer to the second image forming apparatus via the network, a memory unit storing the data for transfer, and a data eraser unit erasing the data in the memory unit and transmitting an instruction to erase the corresponding data to the second image forming apparatus when a user inputs an instruction to erase the data for transfer. The second image forming apparatus includes a receiver unit receiving the transferred data, a memory unit storing the received data, and an eraser unit erasing the corresponding data in the memory unit according to the erase instruction transmitted from the first image forming apparatus.