Patent ID: 11886762
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. The printing control system according to claim 10, wherein
the parent units and the child units are separated into a plurality of groups, at least one of the parent units is connectable, at least one of the child units is connectable, the first plurality of image forming apparatuses of the connectable parent units and the second plurality of image forming apparatuses of the connectable child unit belong to a group of the plurality of groups,
the parent unit connection information item, stored on the second memory of child unit, comprises information of a parent unit of the parent units that belongs to a same group that the child unit belongs to; and information of each parent unit of the parent units that belongs to the respective groups to which the child unit does not belong,
the parent unit controller further cause the parent unit storing the at least one print data items to transmit the job list information item to at least one other parent units that belongs to a same group that the parent unit belongs to, the job list information item comprising the job name of the at least one print data items stored on the first memory of the parent unit,
if the at least one other the parent unit belongs to a group where the job list information item is obtained, the child unit controller of the first child unit further cause the first child to transmit the job list request to the parent units stored in the parent unit connection information item, and
when a parent unit of the parent units receives the job list request and obtains the job list information item requested by the first child unit, the parent unit controller further cause the parent unit to transmit the job list response to the first child unit as a reply to the obtained job list request, the job list response comprising the job list information item requested by the child unit.