Patent ID: 6999191
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: G03G,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming system, comprising: (i) an image forming apparatus to form an image on a recording material, said image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming section which forms the image on the recording material based on image data; a control section which controls the image forming section to form the image based on the program stored in the first memory section; an ID memory section which stores a serial number of the image forming apparatus and program information about the program stored in the first memory section; and (ii) an administrating apparatus to administrate the image forming apparatus through the network, said administrating apparatus comprising: an ID memory section which stores at least one serial number corresponding to at least one said image forming apparatus to be administrated and rewrite program information about the rewrite program stored in the administrating memory section; and wherein the image forming apparatus; (a) communicates with the administrating apparatus through the network, (b) obtains the rewrite program stored in the administrating memory section, and (c) rewrites the program stored in the first memory section with the obtained rewrite program when the serial number stored in the ID memory section of the image forming apparatus corresponds to one said at least one serial number stored in the ID memory section of the administrating apparatus, and when the rewrite program is determined to be newer than the program stored in the first memory section based on the rewrite program information stored in the administrating apparatus and the program information stored in the ID memory section.