Patent ID: 8422054
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: G03G,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A remote copy system including a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected to a network, from among which an image forming apparatus that reads an original is defined as a local apparatus and an image forming apparatus that performs image formation is defined as a remote apparatus, the remote copy system executing a remote copy in which the remote apparatus performs image formation based on an image of the original read by the local apparatus, the remote copy system comprising: an input unit configured to accept an input of settings for executing the remote copy; a process determination unit configured to determine an image process to be executed, based on the settings accepted by said input unit; a processing apparatus determination unit configured to determine an image forming apparatus, from among the plurality of image forming apparatuses, that is to execute the image process determined by said process determination unit, based on information representing performance of each image forming apparatus; a remote apparatus determination unit configured to determine the remote apparatus, from among the plurality of image forming apparatuses based on the settings accepted by said input unit; and an execution unit configured to execute the remote copy by causing the image forming apparatus determined by said processing apparatus determination unit to perform the image process determined by said process determination unit on data of the image of the original read by the local apparatus, and causing the remote apparatus to perform image formation based on the data of the image subjected to the image process.