Patent ID: 8730491

Claim:
An image forming system including an image forming apparatus and a terminal device that is connected to the image forming apparatus via a communication network, comprising: an original reading unit that reads an image of an original to generate image data; a storage unit capable of storing name data regarding a name assigned to the image data, and storing the image data; a display portion that displays a name based on the name data stored in the storage unit; a selection unit that selects a name displayed on the display portion; and a control unit that sets the name selected by way of the selection unit as a name of the image data generated by the original reading unit, and stores the image data into the storage unit; wherein the original reading unit, the display portion, the selection unit and the control unit are disposed in the image forming apparatus that includes an engine unit for forming an image on a transfer medium based on the image data, wherein the storage unit is disposed in the terminal device, and wherein the name data stored in the storage unit is data for a file created by an application operating at the terminal device, and a name based on the name data is a main portion of the name assigned to the data created by the application, excluding an extension corresponding to the application.