Patent ID: 8767230

Claim:
A variable printing system comprising: an image forming apparatus including an engine configured to execute variable printing based on a job including a variable data item and a fixed data item; a device communicatively connected to the image forming apparatus via a communication network; a first control section included in one of the image forming apparatus and the device communicatively connected to the image forming apparatus, wherein the first control section acquires setting information of the engine corresponding to a job instructing the engine to execute variable printing, and carries out one of adding the setting information into the job instructing the engine to execute variable printing, and storing the setting information in a form of a database with associating the setting information with the job instructing the engine to execute variable printing; and a second control section included in one of the image forming apparatus and the device communicatively connected to the image forming apparatus, wherein the second control section makes an analysis of an output result of a job which has been executed and of setting information of the engine corresponding to the job which has been executed, and instructs the engine, based on a result of the analysis, to change a setting of the engine corresponding to a job to be executed or being executed.