Patent ID: 7643165

Claim:
An image forming device system, comprising: a terminal device connecting via a line to an image forming device that executes a plurality of functions, the terminal device including an input unit that enters information to reserve a desired function to be executed and conditions therefor among a plurality of functions in the image forming device, a storage unit that stores at least condition information entered from the input unit, a first communication unit that communicates with the image forming device via the line, and a control unit which transmits through the first communication unit to the image forming device, information indicating the desired function to be executed, which has been entered from the input unit, while at the same time transmitting, in response to a request from the image forming device, information indicating the conditions stored in the storage unit; and the image forming device including an operation display unit that displays information while being operated, a second communication unit that communicates with the terminal device via the line, and a control unit that in response to a fact that information indicating the desired function to be executed has been transmitted from the terminal device through the second communication unit, displays on the operation display unit marking information corresponding to the terminal device where this information was entered, and, in response to any marking information displayed on the operation display unit having been operated, reads the information indicating the conditions stored in the relevant terminal device and sets the conditions in a way that allows the function to be executed with these conditions, the control unit of the image forming device displays individual marking information that indicates an operator operating the relevant terminal device, and marking information indicating the relevant function, as the marking information on the operation display unit.