Patent ID: 8749829

Claim:
An image forming system configured to execute Raster Image Processor processing for print data not subjected to the Raster Image Processor processing so as to produce image data, and to form an image based on the image data, comprising: a plurality of image forming apparatuses which are coupled in tandem, and each of which is assigned to form an image on one of regions of an recording sheet, wherein the plurality of image forming apparatuses include first and second image forming apparatuses, the first image forming apparatus is configured to execute the Raster Image Processor processing for the print data not subjected to the Raster Image Processor processing so as to produce the image data, and the second image forming apparatus is configured to supply the image data produced by the Raster Image Processor processing in the first image forming apparatus to each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses in synchronization with a timing of image formation in each of plurality of image forming apparatuses.