Patent ID: 8184322

Claim:
An image forming system comprising an image forming apparatus and a controlling apparatus which are connected to each other through a network and have different addresses set thereto, respectively, comprising: a registering unit adapted to register information, indicating that the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus are connected to each other also by a communication medium that is different from the network, in at least one of the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus; a receiving unit adapted to receive a searching request for searching an apparatus connected to the network; a responding unit adapted to respond the information registered by said registering unit in a case that the searching request is received by receiving unit; and a displaying unit adapted to display that the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus are connected to each other by the communication medium, based on the information responded by said responding unit, wherein at least one of the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus includes an acknowledging unit adapted to acknowledge that the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus are connected by the communication medium, and said displaying unit includes a screen unit adapted to display a screen through which an address of the image forming apparatus or the controlling apparatus is inputted based on an acknowledgement result of said acknowledging unit.