Patent ID: 7924442

Claim:
An image forming system, comprising: an information processor including a receiving unit for receiving data concerning image formation, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the data; and an image forming apparatus including a receiving unit for receiving the data transmitted from said information processor, a storage unit for storing the data, an image forming unit for forming an image on a sheet based on the data stored in said storage unit, the data for which the corresponding image has been formed is defined as processed data and the data for which the corresponding image has not yet been formed is defined as unprocessed data, a clock unit for outputting time information; a determination unit for determining, based on the time information outputted by said clock unit, whether or not it is a predetermined time zone, and a processing unit for performing a predetermined process on the processed data, wherein when the determination unit determines that it is the predetermined time zone and there are both processed data and unprocessed data in the storage unit, the processing unit performs the predetermined process on the processed data prior to the image forming unit forming the corresponding image based on the unprocessed data, and wherein when the determination unit determines that it is not the predetermined time zone and there are both processed data and unprocessed data in the storage unit, the image forming unit forms the corresponding image based on the unprocessed data prior to the processing unit performing the predetermined process on the processed data.