Patent ID: 8310697

Claim:
An image forming system comprising a first image forming apparatus and a second image forming apparatus each of which has a function to execute an image-related process relating to an image, wherein the first image forming apparatus capable of executing at least one of copying, scanning and printing functions includes a memory device that stores usage right information of each user relating to a right to use the function of the first image forming apparatus, and a request portion that makes a request to the second image forming apparatus to execute the image-related process specified by a user whose usage right information is stored on the memory device, and the second image forming apparatus includes a receiver that receives the request, an acquisition portion that acquires from the first image forming apparatus that is a requester the usage right information of the user relating to the request received by the receiver, a determining portion that determines whether the user relating to the request has a usage right of the function necessary to execute the image-related process concerning the request based on the acquired usage right information, and a controller that controls each portion of the second image forming apparatus to execute the image-related process when it is determined by the determining portion that the user concerning the request has a right to use the function necessary to execute the image-related process, and not to execute the image-related process when it is determined that the user has no such right.