Patent ID: 8228530

Claim:
An image forming apparatus management system comprising: an information communication terminal configured to transmit a print request for image data; an image forming apparatus configured to receive the print request transmitted from the information communication terminal; and a management server comprising: a storage unit configured to store management data, the management data registering the information communication terminal in association with at least one permitted image forming apparatus, the permitted image forming apparatus being allowed to print the image data transmitted from the information communication terminal among a plurality of image forming apparatuses included in the system, are registered in association with each other, the management data further associating the information communication terminal, a maximum number of image forming apparatuses in use indicating a maximum number of image forming apparatuses that can execute printing based on the print request by the information communication terminal in parallel among the permitted image forming apparatuses, and orders of priority for setting priority levels among the permitted image forming apparatuses; and a control unit configured to determine, on the basis of the management data stored by the storage unit, whether printing of the image data transmitted from the information communication terminal by the image forming apparatus should be permitted.