Patent ID: 9199814
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming system, comprising: a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected in series along a paper conveying direction, wherein an image forming apparatus provided upstream in the paper conveying direction among the plurality of image forming apparatuses prints one side of a sheet of paper and an image forming apparatus provided downstream with respect to the upstream image forming apparatus prints the other side of the sheet of paper, wherein each of the upstream and downstream image forming apparatuses comprises: an image forming unit; a storage unit; and a control unit, wherein at least one of the upstream and downstream image forming apparatuses makes the storage unit of the own image forming apparatus store a first information related to a paper feed tray of the own image forming apparatus, the at least one image forming apparatus receives a second information related to a paper feed tray of the other image forming apparatus from the other image forming apparatus, in the at least one image forming apparatus, the control unit makes the storage unit store the second information, and in the at least one image forming apparatus, the control unit makes the image forming unit perform image formation based on the first and second information stored in the storage unit.