Patent ID: 7551304

Claim:
An image forming system comprising: an image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus that drives the image forming apparatus using a device driver, the information processing apparatus being connected to the image forming apparatus via a predetermined communication medium; wherein the image forming apparatus comprises: an obtaining unit configured to obtain priority-order information corresponding to a local ID of the image forming apparatus from a plurality of pieces of priority-order information, which is defined for each locale, and stored by a storage unit; a selecting unit configured to select a highest priority PDL from a plurality of PDL supported by the image forming apparatus based on the priority-order information obtained by the obtaining unit; and a sending unit configured to send a manufacturer identifier, a machine-type identifier, and PDL identification information which indicates the PDL selected by the selecting unit to the information processing apparatus; and wherein the information processing apparatus comprises: a receiving unit configured to receive the manufacturer identifier, the machine-type identifier, and the PDL identification information sent by the sending unit; and an identifying unit configured to identify the device driver using the manufacturer identifier, machine-type identifier, and the PDL identification information received by the receiving unit.