Patent ID: 8913275

Claim:
An image forming system comprising: a plurality of server devices; a transmission device; and a first image forming device, the transmission device including a first memory that stores first priorities set individually for the plurality of server devices, a first selection unit that selects an available server device for which the first priority stored in the first memory is highest from among the plurality of server devices, and a first transmission unit that transmits identification information identifying a user and image data associated with the identification information to the server device selected by the first selection unit, each of the plurality of server devices including a first storage location in which the identification information and image data transmitted from the first transmission unit are to be stored in association with each other, the first image forming device including a second memory that stores server information identifying the plurality of server devices, a first acquisition unit that, upon receipt of identification information input from a user, acquires image data stored in association with the input identification information from the first storage location in a server device identified by the server information stored in the second memory among the plurality of server devices, and a first image forming unit that forms an image corresponding to the image data acquired by the first acquisition unit, wherein the server devices exchange information on print data stored therein, and generate a storage list, and store the storage list in a third memory.