Patent ID: 7081965
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: G06K,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An image forming system comprising a composite type image forming apparatus, a network printer, and a client personal computer which are mutually connected to be able to communicate with each other through a network, wherein the composite type image forming apparatus includes a scanner section which reads an image of an original document, and a printer section which performs predetermined printing, based on image information obtained by the scanner section or transmitted through the network from the client personal computer, the network printer includes a communication section which receives image information transmitted from the client personal computer or the composite type image forming apparatus through the network, and a printer section which performs printing based on the image information, the client personal computer includes a storage section which stores at least application software to display a list having a predetermined structure for synchronizing electronic information and image information, and electronic information, a display section which displays the list, and a control section which starts the application software, and checks in electronic information stored in the storage section or image information transmitted from the composite type image forming apparatus through the network onto the list or checks out electronic information, which exists on the list displayed on the display section, onto the image forming apparatus or the network printer, outputs the electronic information from the image forming apparatus or the network printer and if the outputted information on a sheet of outputted paper is subjected to processing, addition, or correction, reflects, in the electronic information, the changed information on the sheet of outputted paper, and if image information from the composite type image forming apparatus is checked in by the control section, information newly added to an image forming medium is managed, by means of a finite difference between the image information checked in and bit image information concerning electronic information before checking-out.