Document processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image forming system

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an interface to communicably couple to a document processing apparatus including:
• a tray to stack a document;
• a conveyor to convey the document from the tray;
• and
• a reader to read an image on the document conveyed by the conveyor;
• and
• circuitry configured to:
• acquire processing information including:
• a conveyance setting to set a conveyance condition of the document by the conveyor;
• or
• a reading setting to set a reading condition of the document by the reader;
• estimate, based on the processing information acquired:
• magnitude of a sound generated by:
• a conveyance of the document by the conveyor;
• or
• a reading of the document by the reader;
• and
• a reading number of sheets of the document processable per a given period of time;
• and
• change the conveyance setting based on:
• the magnitude of the sound;
• and
• the reading number.

An image forming system comprising:

• an image forming apparatus including a drive mechanism to drive to form an image;
• and
• a document processing apparatus including:
• a tray to stack a document;
• a conveyor to convey the document from the tray;
• a reader to read an image on the document conveyed by the conveyor;
• an interface to communicably couple to the image forming apparatus;
• and
• circuitry configured to:
• acquire processing information including:
• a conveyance setting to set a conveyance condition of the document by the conveyor;
• or
• a reading setting to set a reading condition of the document by the reader;
• estimate, based on the processing information acquired:
• magnitude of a sound generated by:
• a conveyance of the document by the conveyor;
• or
• a reading of the document by the reader;
• and
• a reading number of sheets of the document processable per a given period of time;
• transmit information based on an estimation result of the magnitude of the sound and the reading number of sheets of the document processable per a given period of time, to the image forming apparatus;
• and
• cause the image forming apparatus to change a control of the drive mechanism based on the information received by the circuitry.