Patent ID: 7894086

Claim:
An image forming system comprising: an image reading apparatus; a printer that is connected to the image reading apparatus and performs printing processing by directly receiving from the image reading apparatus image data read by the image reading apparatus; and a notification unit that notifies failure information to the other apparatus if a failure occurs either in the image reading apparatus or in the printer, wherein the image reading apparatus comprises: a scanner controller that acquires the failure information notified by the notification unit when the failure occurs in the printer, announces the failure information by generating alarm sound by means of an alarm provided in the image reading apparatus, determines from the failure information whether or not the printer is able to accept the image data, and disables input operation of an operation unit provided in the image reading apparatus when determining that the printer is not able to accept the image data; and a read controller that temporarily stops reading of the image data if the scanner controller acquires the failure information while reading the image data, and stops the reading which is temporarily stopped if the scanner controller determines that the printer is not able to accept the image data, and the printer comprises: a printer controller that, if the failure occurs in the printer, makes the failure information displayed on a display provided in the printer and notifies the failure information to the image reading apparatus by the notification unit.