Patent ID: 8446617
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: G06F,G07C

Abstract:
1. An image forming system including a plurality of image forming apparatuses installed in a plurality of areas and in communication with one another via a network, the image forming system comprising: an area management unit configured to manage area level information that indicates a level of information management with respect to each area of the plurality of areas, wherein determines, in response to a change in personnel entry into or exit from an entered area of the plurality of areas, the level of information management of the entered area based on an attribute of each person located in the entered area; and a job issuing unit configured to send a request to the area management unit in response to receiving image formation instructions from a user, wherein, in response to the area management unit receiving the request from the job issuing unit, the job issuing unit receives a list of image forming apparatuses that is limited to those image forming apparatuses located in areas having a predetermined level of information management as indicated in the area level information, wherein, in response to the job issuing unit receiving, as a destination of a job, at least one image forming apparatus selected from the list of image forming apparatuses, the job issuing unit issues a job, including data for image formation, to cause the at least one image forming apparatus to perform image formation.