Mobile terminal that communicates with an image forming apparatus and corresponding method

An information processing method between a mobile terminal and an image forming apparatus comprising:

• when a connection between a mobile terminal and the image forming apparatus is established through near field communication, subjecting the mobile terminal to acquire identification information of the image forming apparatus from the image forming apparatus through the near field communication;
• when the identification information is acquired, subjecting the mobile terminal to transmit print instruction information to instruct printing of data to the image forming apparatus of the identification information through wireless communication that differs in a communication protocol from the near field communication or the near field communication;
• when the print instructing unit transmits the print instruction information to the image forming apparatus of the identification information, subjecting the mobile terminal to record a flag in association with the identification information;
• and
• subjecting the mobile terminal not to transmit the print instruction information to the image forming apparatus after the mobile terminal acquires the identification information of the image forming apparatus if the identification information of the image forming apparatus is associated with the flag.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a mobile terminal that communicates with an image forming apparatus to function as:

• an acquiring unit that, when a connection with the image forming apparatus is established through near field communication, acquires identification information of the image forming apparatus from the image forming apparatus through the near field communication;
• a print instructing unit that transmits print instruction information to instruct printing of data to the image forming apparatus of the identification information through wireless communication that differs in a communication protocol from the near field communication or the near field communication;
• and
• a storage unit that records a flag in association with the identification information when the print instructing unit transmits the print instruction information to the image forming apparatus of the identification information, wherein
• the print instructing unit does not transmit the print instruction information to the image forming apparatus after the acquiring unit acquires the identification information of the image forming apparatus if the identification information of the image forming apparatus is associated with the flag.