Patent ID: 7995229
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming device, comprising: an image reading unit that reads an image data; a storage unit that stores the image data read by the image reading unit; a printing unit that prints the image data; an image information transmission unit that transmits at least attribute information of the image data stored in the storage unit to an information management device through a network; an informing unit that, when a particular image data stored in the storage unit is deleted, informs the information management device of the deletion of the particular image data; an information acquisition unit that acquires attribute information of a second image data read by a second image forming device from the information management device; and a control unit that causes the second image data read by the second image forming device to be displayed as a selection candidate of a document to be printed by the printing unit based on the attribute information acquired by the information acquisition unit, in addition to the image data read by the image forming device.