Image forming system, server, and image forming apparatus

An image forming system, comprising:

• a smart device including a print application;
• a server;
• and
• an image forming apparatus,
• wherein the smart device, the server, and the image forming apparatus are connected to each other via a network;
• wherein the server includes
• a print client information receiving unit configured to receive print client information from the print application of the smart device,
• a print client information management unit configured to register and manage the received print client information,
• an advertising unit configured to advertise the registered print client information to the image forming apparatus,
• a print job receiving unit configured to receive a print job from the print application of the smart device,
• a print job management unit configured to register and manage the received print job in association with the print client information, and
• a print job transmission unit configured to transmit the print job to the image forming apparatus in response to a request from the image forming apparatus;
• wherein the image forming apparatus includes
• a display unit,
• a receiving unit configured to receive the print client information advertised by the advertising unit of the server,
• a management unit configured to obtain a print client identifier from the received print client information and to register and manage the obtained print client identifier,
• a first display control unit configured to display a first operation component associated with the registered print client identifier on the display unit,
• a print job information obtaining unit configured to obtain print job information of the print job from the server based on the print client identifier associated with the first operation component when the first operation component is selected,
• a second display control unit configured to display a second operation component associated with the obtained print job information on the display unit,
• a print job obtaining unit configured to obtain the print job from the server based on the print job information associated with the second operation component when the second operation component is selected, and
• a print execution unit configured to execute the obtained print job.