Patent ID: 8736880

Claim:
An image forming system comprising: an image forming apparatus; a transmission apparatus; a reception section that is provided in the image forming apparatus and receives a designation of the transmission apparatus; a first transmission section that is provided in the image forming apparatus and transmits apparatus information indicating an own apparatus to the transmission apparatus designated in the reception section; a first storage unit that is provided in the transmission apparatus and stores the apparatus information transmitted from the first transmission section; a second transmission section that is provided in the transmission apparatus and transmits image data to an image forming apparatus indicated by the apparatus information stored in the first storage section; an image forming unit that is provided in the image forming apparatus and forms an image corresponding to the image data transmitted from the second transmission section; a second storage unit that is provided in the image forming apparatus and stores a communication address assigned to the transmission apparatus designated in the reception section; a third transmission section that is provided in the image forming apparatus, and transmits apparatus information after being changed to the communication address stored in the second storage unit when the apparatus information indicating the own apparatus is changed; and a changing unit that is provided in the transmission apparatus, and changes the apparatus information stored in the first storage unit to the apparatus information after being changed when the apparatus information after being changed is transmitted from the third transmission section.