Patent ID: 8384937

Claim:
An image forming system that is provided with an image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus that is connected to the image forming apparatus via a wireless communication means and transmits printing data to the image forming apparatus by wireless communication executed by the wireless communication means, the image forming system comprising: a detection unit adapted to detect a communication speed of the wireless communication executed between the image forming apparatus and the information processing apparatus by the wireless communication means; an obtainment unit adapted to obtain a communication speed needed so that the image forming apparatus successfully prints the printing data which is received using wireless communication executed by the wireless communication means, according to a printing ability of the image forming apparatus; a determination unit adapted to determine whether the communication speed detected by said detection unit reaches the communication speed obtained by said obtainment unit or not; a notification unit adapted to notify a user that the detected communication speed is insufficient when said determination unit determines that the communication speed detected by said detection unit does not reach the communication speed obtained by said obtainment unit; and a management unit adapted to manage information that shows a relation between the printing ability of the image forming apparatus and the communication speed needed so that the image forming apparatus successfully prints the printing data that is received using wireless communication executed by the wireless communication means, wherein said obtainment unit obtains the communication speed based on the information managed by said management unit.