Patent ID: 8823966
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a storage unit which stores information about other image forming apparatuses of the same group as the image forming apparatus and quota information of each user which is shared by the other image forming apparatuses; a controller which, if a job command is input, determines whether to perform a job according to whether a number of copies requested by the job command satisfies the quota information of each user; a function unit which performs the job under control of the controller; and a communication interface which transmits an updated quota information of each user stored in the storage unit as the job is performed to the other image forming apparatuses, wherein the storage unit receives the information about the other image forming apparatuses of the same group as the image forming apparatus and the quota information of each user which is shared with the other image forming apparatuses, from an administration server connected to the image forming apparatus, and stores the information, and wherein the communication interface transmits the updated quota information of each user to the administration server at a predetermined time.