Patent ID: 8767236
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming system including an image forming apparatus which reads an image to generate image data, and an information processing apparatus which stores a plurality of profiles each including a setting for reading the image, said image forming apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to acquire and store information indicating a profile; a selection unit configured to select a profile based on the information stored in said storage unit, in response to user designation of the profile; an instruction unit configured to instruct initiation of execution of an image reading job in accordance with the profile selected by said selection unit; a first transmission unit configured to, in response to the instructing by said instruction unit, transmit, to said information processing apparatus, identification information for identifying the profile selected by said selection unit, and optionally transmit to said information processing apparatus a setting for reading the image that corresponds to the profile selected by said selection unit; a reception unit configured to receive a reading instruction for the image from said information processing apparatus; and a reading unit configured to read the image to generate image data in accordance with the reading instruction for the image received by said reception unit, and said information processing apparatus comprising: a second transmission unit configured to change a setting for reading the image that is included in a profile identified from the plurality of profiles based on the identification information transmitted by said first transmission unit of said image forming apparatus into the setting for reading the image, corresponding to the profile selected by said selection unit, that is transmitted by said first transmission unit, and transmit the reading instruction for the image based on the changed profile to said image forming apparatus.