Patent ID: 7880906
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming system comprising: an image transmitting apparatus that stores image data for an image to be formed on a sheet and transmits the stored image data to an external device; a relay device that is connected to the image transmitting apparatus which comprises: a storage unit which stores pattern data for a tint block pattern, a composite means for obtaining composite data consisting of the pattern data stored by the storage unit composited onto the image data transmitted from the image transmitting apparatus, a creation means for creating an image formation job based on the composite data obtained by the composite means, and a transmitting unit which transmits the image formation job created by creation means; and an image forming apparatus that is connected to the relay device and comprises a forming section which forms an image on a sheet, based on the image formation job transmitted from the relay device, wherein the image formed by the forming section is an image composed with the image having been stored and transmitted by the image transmitting apparatus to be formed on a sheet and with the tint block pattern having been stored by the relay device.