Patent ID: 8559031
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image-forming system comprising: a plurality of image-forming devices connected in a network, each image-forming device being selectively capable of performing a test print process to form a test image and an image print process to form an image based on image data; a first determining unit that is configured to determine whether at least one image-forming device among the plurality of image-forming devices is capable of performing the image print process; a second determining unit that is configured to determine whether to restrict an image-forming device among the plurality of image-forming devices to execute the test print process based on a result of determination by the first determining unit; and a restricting unit that is configured to restrict the image-forming device to execute the test print process when the second determining unit determines to restrict the image-forming device to execute the test print process, wherein the second determining unit is configured to determine to restrict the image-forming device based on number of the image-forming devices capable of printing is less than a threshold value.