Image printing system, image forming apparatus, printer selection apparatus, terminal apparatus, and recording medium having recorded therein printer driver

An image forming apparatus connected with a plurality of terminal apparatuses via a network, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• a reception part operable to receive, from at least one of the terminal apparatuses, a notification indicating that the at least one terminal apparatus sets the image forming apparatus as a default image forming apparatus for ordinary use;
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• a management part operable to manage a setting number based on the notification received by the reception part, the setting number being a number of terminal apparatuses that each set the image forming apparatus as the default image forming apparatus.

A printer selection apparatus connected with a plurality of image forming apparatuses via a network, the printer selection apparatus comprising:

• a selection part operable to select, based on a setting number with respect to each image forming apparatus, one of the image forming apparatuses as a destination image forming apparatus to which a print job is to be output, the setting number being a number of terminal apparatuses that each set the image forming apparatus as a default image forming apparatus for ordinary use.

A computer readable recording medium having recorded therein a printer driver for use in a terminal apparatus connected with a plurality of image forming apparatuses via a network, wherein

• when an urgent print job is to be output, the printer driver selects, based on a setting number with respect to each image forming apparatus, one of the image forming apparatuses as a destination image forming apparatus to which the urgent print job is to be output, the setting number being a number of terminal apparatuses that each set the image forming apparatus as a default image forming apparatuses for ordinary use.