Patent ID: 8498005

Claim:
An image forming system, comprising: an image forming device configured to execute an image formation process; and an information processing device configured to be communicably connected to the image forming device, the image forming device comprising: an information obtaining unit configured to obtain at least one of target data and information specifying the target data from one of an internal memory and an external memory; a first transmission unit configured to transmit the information obtained by the information obtaining unit to the information processing device; and an image formation unit configured to execute the image formation process for data generated by converting the target data into data having a data format which the image forming device is able to handle, the information processing device comprising: a conversion unit configured to convert the target data into the data having the data format which the image forming device is able to handle based on the at least one of the target data and the information specifying the target data obtained by the information obtaining unit; and a second transmission unit configured to transmit the data converted by the conversion unit to the image forming device, wherein: the image forming device is configured to judge whether execution of the image formation process by the image forming device for the target data is possible, the image formation unit executes the image formation process for the target data in response to the image forming device judging that execution of the image formation process is possible, the first transmission unit is configured to transmit the target data to the information processing device in response to the image forming device judging that execution of the image formation process is not possible, and obtaining the at least one of the target data and the information specifying the target data is user-initiated at the image forming device.