Patent ID: 7529618

Claim:
A method of printing an image by using an image forming apparatus which is included in an image forming system comprising a portable terminal that is connected to a network through a radio communication, a server and the image forming apparatus being connected to the network, the method comprising: transmitting to the server a desired destination data via the network by an operation of a user from the portable terminal; receiving the destination data from the portable terminal via the network and storing the destination data in a prescribed area of the server; supplying a position data of the image forming apparatus and a data to designate the destination data stored in the prescribed area to the server according the operation of the user of the portable terminal; supplying, from the server to the image forming apparatus, a map data comprising the position data of the image forming apparatus as a starting point and the destination data as an ending point; printing an image corresponding to the map data on a recording medium by the image forming apparatus which receives the map data; judging, in the server, whether a prescribed time has passed; and transmitting, from the server to the portable terminal, a signal allowing the deletion of the stored destination data when the server has judged that the prescribed time has passed.