Patent ID: 6301014
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An image forming system comprising:at least one user device for transmitting image data over a data bus;a first peripheral device connected to said data bus for receiving the image data from said at least one user device and for processing the received image data;a second peripheral device operatively connected to said at least one user device via said first peripheral device and said data bus for processing the image data sent from said at least one user device via said first peripheral device and said data bus;a switching device controlled by said first peripheral device, said switching device switching the connection of said at least one user device so that data being transmitted via said data bus from said at least one user device is selectively directed to one of said first peripheral device and said second peripheral device; anda controller for monitoring the data bus and for selectively controlling said switching device based on the data being received from said at least on user device over the data bus.