Patent ID: 9146700
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing system comprising: a server configured to store print data; and an image forming apparatus configured to obtain the print data in parallel using a plurality of network sessions for said server, wherein said server comprises an attribute information generation unit configured to generate attribute information including positional information on individual pages of the print data, and wherein said image forming apparatus comprises: an attribute information obtaining unit configured to obtain the attribute information from said server; a determination unit configured to determine the number of network sessions based on a time period it took for the attribute information obtaining unit to obtain the attribute information, a size of data on a page to be printed in print data to be obtained from said server, and a restoration time period required to combine and restore the obtained data on the page to be printed; and a data obtaining unit configured to obtain the data on the page to be printed using network sessions corresponding in number to the number of network sessions determined by the determination unit.