Patent ID: 7054022

Claim:
An image forming apparatus management system comprises: a client machine adapted to issue a job instruction including a job condition; an image forming apparatus having a parameter adjustment unit, the image forming apparatus being set a value of a parameter in accordance with the job instruction; a host server having an external database storing a plurality of values of the parameter corresponding to predetermined job conditions, respectively; and a client server connected to the client machine, to the image forming apparatus, and to the host server, the client server enabling to communicate with the host server mutually, wherein the external database stores the plurality of values of the parameter so that at least the values correspond to brands of print sheets; the client server transmits a external parameter request to the host server and transmits a value of the parameter transmitted from the host server to the image forming apparatus; and the host server retrieves a value of the parameter meeting the job condition from the external database to transmit the retrieved value of the parameter to the client server in response to the external parameter request.