Patent ID: 8687215

Claim:
An image forming system comprising: an information management unit that stores and manages print information; a determining unit that determines whether or not execution of a printing process regarding the print information is allowed; and at least one image forming unit, each image forming unit being configured to print and output print information acquired from the information management unit via a communication unit on a recording medium in accordance with a determination result of the determining unit, the determining unit including a first authenticating unit that performs authentication for the printing process regarding the print information to determine whether or not execution of modification processing for modifying the print information by adding print commands to the print information before printing and outputting the print information on a recording medium using an image forming unit among the at least one image forming unit is allowed,â€ and a second authenticating unit that performs authentication for the printing process regarding the print information, after completion of the authentication performed by the first authenticating unit, to determine whether or not printing and output of the print information on the recording medium using the image forming unit is allowed.