Patent ID: 8654384
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus to be network-connected, comprising: an acquirer for requesting event information indicating a specific event having occurred in another image forming apparatus via a network and acquiring the event information transmitted via the network in response to the request; and a processor for performing a predetermined process to deal with the specific event when the event information is acquired by the acquirer, wherein: the image forming apparatus is network-connected to the other image forming apparatus or a server capable of data communication with the other image forming apparatus; the event information includes event occurrence arrival timing information indicating elapsed time from the first execution of a predetermined operation to the occurrence of the specific event in the operation in the other image forming apparatus; the image forming apparatus further comprises an elapsed time information calculator for calculating elapsed time information from the first execution of the operation to a time of execution of the operation when the operation is executed in the image forming apparatus; the acquirer is a timing information acquirer for acquiring the event occurrence arrival timing information from the other image forming apparatus or the server; and the processor includes: