Patent ID: 8854667

Claim:
An image forming system comprising: a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected to a first network; and a plurality of computers which are connected to a second network and transmit jobs to said image forming apparatuses, wherein one of said plurality of image forming apparatuses has a log notification part that transmits a communication failure log in response to a connection initiated from one of said plurality of computers connected to the second network, said communication failure log contains status information planned to be transmitted by the one or another one of said plurality of image forming apparatuses that is connected to the first network, to any of said plurality of computers connected to the second network, the any of said plurality of computers to which said one or another one of said plurality of image forming apparatuses failed in a connection, or location designation data for designating a location in the first network where said status information is stored, and said one of said plurality of computers has a log receiving part for receiving said communication failure log transmitted from said one of said plurality of image forming apparatuses, and a status information notification part for transmitting said status information or said location designation data contained in the received communication failure log to another of said plurality of computers connected to the second network.