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US 2003/0195926 A1Published application
Image forming system
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InventorKen Miyazaki
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This invention provides an image forming system in which one or a plurality of information processing apparatuses and one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses are connected to each other through a network, in which a first information processing apparatus includes a model information inquiry section which inquires about model information of each apparatus connected to the network, an image processing section which executes for the image data, image processing based on the model information, and a data distribution section which distributes job data based on the model information and the processed image data that has undergone the image processing on the basis of the model information to each of the apparatuses connected to each other through the network, and each of the image forming apparatuses includes a first data reception section which receives the job data based on the processed image data and model information from the data distribution section, and an image forming section which forms an image on a transfer material on the basis of the processed image data.
An image forming system in which at least one or a plurality of information processing apparatuses which execute image processing for image data and at least one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses which form an image on a transfer material (paper sheet) on the basis of the image data that has undergone the desired image processing are connected to each other through a network, wherein
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Using an image reading or reproducing device, e.g. a facsimile reader or printer, as a local input to or local output from a computer: using an…
With a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server: using an image reading or reproducing device, e.g. a facsimile…
Mode signalling or mode changing; Handshaking therefor: according to characteristics or state of one of the communicating parties, e.g. available…
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an image forming system and, more particularly, to an image forming system formed by connecting at least one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses and at least one or a plurality of information processing apparatuses are connected through a network.
2. Description of the Prior Art
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the schematic overall arrangement of an image forming system according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the schematic arrangement of a digital copying machine 5 shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the schematic arrangement of a server 4 shown in FIG. 1;
Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The schematic overall arrangement of an image forming system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1.
In the first embodiment, an electrophotographic digital copying machine will be exemplified as an image forming apparatus, and a PC (Personal Computer) will be exemplified as an information processing apparatus. In the following description, one of a plurality of PCs, which serves as a server in a network system, will be referred to as a server.