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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2009
Yuusuke Noguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akeo Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Ohtsuka, Saitama, JP;
Yoshiya Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Michio Sumiyoshi, Osaka, JP;
Shinichi Kudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Noguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akeo Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Ohtsuka, Saitama, JP;
Yoshiya Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Michio Sumiyoshi, Osaka, JP;
Shinichi Kudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses, a management apparatus configured to manage and operate the image forming system, and a plurality of communication control apparatuses each configured to control data communication between the management apparatus and a corresponding image forming apparatus, wherein the management apparatus includes a software component storing unit configured to store one or more software components in a predetermined storage area of a storage device of the management apparatus, the one or more software components being each configured to generate print data recognizable by a corresponding image forming apparatus and a selecting unit configured to select a software component from the one or more software components in response to the print request, the selected software component being used to generate print data corresponding to the image forming apparatus selected as a printing apparatus.