Patent ID: 7224479

Claim:
An image forming apparatus system, including an image forming apparatus comprising: communication means for communicating through a network; printing means for forming an image on a recording sheet in accordance with image data so as to output said image; inputting means for inputting information transfer items corresponding respectively to a plurality of specific events and for inputting an information transfer target address on said network to correspond to one of the specific events; a table for recording a plurality of settings inputted via said inputting means, each said setting corresponding to one of the specific events and comprising the information transfer target address corresponding individually to said one of the specific events and the information transfer item corresponding said one of the specific events; control means for controlling an image forming operation of said printing means and for, when one of the specific events occurs, referring to said table and controlling transfer of contents of the information transfer item corresponding to said one of the specific events to said information transfer target address corresponding to said one of the specific events; and display means for displaying various displays; wherein said control means indicates said information transfer items and said information transfer target address, both recorded on said table via said display means, and updates said information transfer items and said information transfer target address in accordance with input from said inputting means via said display means; wherein when one of the specific events occurs, an internal code corresponding to the specific event is transferred simultaneously with said information transfer item corresponding to the specific event; and further comprising a web server for indicating a state of said image forming apparatus, wherein when one of the specific events occurs, said control means transfers a URL of said web server simultaneously with said information transfer item corresponding to the specific event.