Patent ID: 8717604
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus which can communicate with a management server for managing a scan ticket in which an instruction content for performing reading of a paper document is defined, and can issue an instruction concerning printing in regard to an accumulated print job, the image forming apparatus comprising: a designation unit constructed to designate, from a list of accumulated print jobs, a print job to be processed; an instruction judgment unit constructed to judge whether or not the instruction concerning the printing is issued to the print job designated by the designation unit; a generation request unit constructed to, according to a judgment by the instruction judgment unit that the instruction concerning the printing is issued to the designated print job, issue a generation request of the scan ticket including read setting for performing the reading of the paper document on which the print job has been printed, to the management server; a display control unit constructed to display a list of scan tickets obtained from the management server; a user operation accepting unit constructed to accept selection of a scan ticket from list information of the scan tickets displayed on a display unit by the display control unit; and a transmission unit constructed to perform the reading of the paper document using the scan ticket accepted by the user operation accepting unit, and transmit an image obtained by the reading to a transmission destination specified by the scan ticket, wherein the instruction judgment unit judges whether or not a print instruction is issued, and the image forming apparatus further comprises a discrimination information transmission unit constructed to, in a case where it is judged that the print instruction is issued, transmit discrimination information capable of specifying the scan ticket to the management server, so as to be able to use the scan ticket corresponding to the designated print job.