Patent ID: 7643769
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming system including a first apparatus and a second apparatus, the first apparatus being configured to read an image of an original document, and the read image data being transmitted to the second apparatus, the image forming system being capable of controlling a printing mode in which printing of a plurality of copies of the read image data is performed using the first apparatus and the second apparatus, the image forming system comprising: a determining unit configured to determine whether a predetermined function corresponding to one or more of starling and binding each of the plurality of copies is selected on a printing process according to the printing mode in a case that an error occurs while one of the first apparatus and the second apparatus is printing one of the plurality of copies; and a control unit configured to control the other of the first apparatus and the second apparatus to print on the other apparatus a page that was not printed while printing the one copy, without printing a page that was already printed by the one of the first apparatus and the second apparatus in the one copy, in a case where the determining unit determines that the predetermined function is not selected, and to control the other of the first apparatus and the second apparatus to print on the other apparatus a page that was not printed while printing the one copy, while also printing one or more pages which were already printed by the one of the first apparatus and the second apparatus in the one copy, in a case where the determining unit determines that the predetermined function is selected.