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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2007
Yasuki Nakajima, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuki Nakajima, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system including a plurality of image forming apparatuses installed in a plurality of areas and in communication with one another via a network includes a management unit configured to manage level information indicating a level related to information management with respect to each of the plurality of areas, and a job issuing unit configured to issue a job, including data for image formation, for causing at least one of the plurality of image forming apparatuses to perform image formation. The image forming system identifies at least one image forming apparatus that can be selected as a destination of the job issued by the job issuing unit based on the level information managed by the management unit.