JP2012203718A - Image forming system and image forming device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce user operation and workload when a user corresponding to a recipient prints a document registered for a specific recipient.SOLUTION: A user terminal device 3 causes any of image forming devices 1 to store print data with a designated receiving condition. When user authentication is successful in response to a user authentication request from an image forming device 1 (hereinafter referred to as a log-in device 1) to which a user has logged in, a server device 4 transmits a log-in notification indicating a user ID of the user and identification information of the log-in device 1 to a plurality of image forming devices 1. Each of the image forming devices 1 transmits print data to be received by a person of the user ID indicated by the log-in notification and satisfying the receiving condition to an image forming device 1 corresponding to the identification information indicated by the log-in notification. On receipt of the print data, the log-in device 1 performs printing on the basis of the print data.

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming system and an image forming apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art There are image forming systems in which a plurality of specific persons such as conference participants are registered as recipients, and the recipients can print the registered documents (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  For example, in the system described in Patent Document 2, it is possible to register print data in a scheduler of a multifunction device, and a user can start the scheduler from a client device and cause the multifunction device to perform printing based on the print data. In the system described in Patent Document 2, when an application data file that is the origin of print data is also registered, the user downloads the application data file to the client device, and the downloaded application data You can print on another multifunction device using the file.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-222467 JP 2006-268252 A

  In the system described in Patent Document 2 described above, when printing is performed by a multifunction device other than the multifunction device in which the scheduler exists, the user operates the client device to access the scheduler and transfer the application data file to the client device. It is necessary to download and use the downloaded application data file to print on another multifunction device.

  For this reason, the user operation becomes complicated, and the user first needs to go to the multifunction peripheral designated as the printing destination in order to obtain a printed matter after operating the client device. For example, if the user is not at the installation location of the client device (for example, the user's desk) before the meeting or the like, after returning to the installation location of the client device and operating the client device, the installation location of the MFP as the printing destination Therefore, the user's workload is heavy.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and includes a user operation when a user corresponding to a recipient prints a document registered for a particular recipient such as a conference participant, and the like. It is an object of the present invention to obtain an image forming system in which a work load is reduced and an image forming apparatus usable in the system.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is configured as follows.

  An image forming system according to the present invention includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses, a user terminal apparatus, and a user management server apparatus. The user terminal device stores print data in which a receiving condition including at least a recipient user ID is designated in an image forming device designated by the user among a plurality of image forming devices. Then, when the user management server device receives the user authentication request of the user from the image forming device to which the user has logged in from among the plurality of image forming devices, the user management server device performs the user authentication of the user, and the user authentication is performed. If successful, a login notification indicating the user ID of the user and the identification information of the image forming apparatus to which the user has performed the login operation is transmitted to a plurality of image forming apparatuses. When each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses receives the login notification, the log-in notification indicates print data in which the user ID indicated by the login notification is the recipient and the receiving condition is satisfied. The identification information is transmitted to the image forming apparatus. Further, when the image forming apparatus to which the user performs a login operation receives print data, the image forming apparatus performs printing based on the print data.

  As a result, when the user logs in to any of the image forming apparatuses, the user can print a document corresponding to the recipient on the image forming apparatus. Therefore, a user operation and a work burden when a user registered as a recipient prints a document registered for a specific recipient such as a conference participant is reduced.

  In addition to the above-described image forming system, the image forming system according to the present invention may be configured as follows. In this case, the user terminal device stores the print data for which the reception condition is specified in the image forming apparatus, and then transmits a notification indicating the storage of the print data to the recipient by a predetermined communication method.

  As a result, the user can know that the document corresponding to the recipient is stored.

  In addition to any of the image forming systems described above, the image forming system according to the present invention may be as follows. In this case, the user terminal device stores the print data for which the receiving condition is specified in the image forming apparatus specified by the first user in accordance with the operation by the first user. Then, when the user management server apparatus receives the user authentication request of the second user from the image forming apparatus to which the second user has performed the login operation, the user management server apparatus executes the user authentication of the second user, and when the user authentication is successful, A login notification indicating the user ID of the second user and the identification information of the image forming apparatus to which the second user has performed the login operation is transmitted to the plurality of image forming apparatuses. When the image forming apparatus to which the second user has performed the login operation receives the print data, the image forming apparatus performs printing based on the print data, and charges the second user for printing based on the print data.

  As a result, the user who prints, that is, the individual recipient, bears the charge generated by printing the stored document. Therefore, the recipient does not print unnecessary documents, and wasteful printing can be suppressed.

  In addition to any of the image forming systems described above, the image forming system according to the present invention may be as follows. In this case, the above-described receiving condition includes receivable time information. Each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses transmits the print data with the receiving condition when the login notification is received in the time zone permitted by the receivable time information, and the login notification is received. If it is received outside the time zone permitted by the available time information, the print data is not transmitted.

  In addition to any of the image forming systems described above, the image forming system according to the present invention may be as follows. In this case, the reception condition described above includes data discard time information. Each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses discards the print data to which the receiving condition is attached when the time specified by the data discard time information comes.

  An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a storage device that stores print data that is received from a user terminal device and that has specified reception conditions including at least a recipient user ID, a user ID of the user, and a login operation performed by the user When the log-in notification indicating the identification information of the other image forming apparatus that has performed is received, the log-in notification is sent to the print data for which the user ID indicated by the log-in notification is the recipient and the receiving conditions are satisfied. And a print data transfer processing unit for transmitting the identification information indicated by the above to the image forming apparatus.

  According to the present invention, a user operation and a work load when a user corresponding to a recipient prints a document registered for a specific recipient such as a conference participant is reduced.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the image forming apparatus in FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the user terminal device in FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the user management server apparatus in FIG. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram illustrating print data storage, transfer between image forming apparatuses, and printing by the image forming system shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a reception condition setting screen displayed by the driver in the user terminal device shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the system shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of image forming apparatuses 1 are connected to a network 2, and a plurality of user terminal apparatuses 3 are connected to the network 2. Further, a user management server device 4 is connected to the network 2. The image forming apparatus 1 is a multifunction peripheral, but may be another apparatus having a printing function such as a printer. The network 2 is a local area network such as an in-house LAN (Local Area Network). The user terminal device 3 is a personal computer in which a driver for the image forming apparatus 1 is installed. The user management server device 4 is a server that performs user authentication at the time of login to the image forming apparatus 1 and a response to an inquiry about user attribute information registered in advance (for example, contact information such as an e-mail address).

  Here, the configurations of the image forming apparatus 1, the user terminal apparatus 3, and the user management server apparatus 4 will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the image forming apparatus 1 in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 2, each image forming apparatus 1 includes a printing device 11, an operation panel 12, a storage device 13, a communication device 14, and a controller 15.

  The printing apparatus 11 is an internal apparatus that prints an image page by page on a printing sheet in an electrophotographic manner based on printing image data.

  The operation panel 12 is arranged on the surface of the casing of the image forming apparatus 1 and includes a display device that displays various types of information to the user and an input device that detects a user operation. For example, a liquid crystal display is used as the display device. A key switch, a touch panel, or the like is used as the input device.

  The storage device 13 is a device capable of storing various data and programs. As the storage device 13, a nonvolatile large-capacity storage medium such as a nonvolatile memory or a hard disk drive is used. When print data and reception condition data are transmitted from the user terminal device 3 to the image forming apparatus 1 together with the save request, the print data and reception condition data are stored in the storage device 13. The receipt condition data includes at least the recipient's user ID. In this embodiment, the receiving condition data includes user IDs of one or more recipients, receivable time information, and data discard time information.

  The communication device 14 is a circuit that is connected to the network 2 and performs data communication with other devices connected to the network 2 (other image forming devices 1, user terminal devices 3, user management server devices 4 and the like). is there.

  The controller 15 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like. The controller 15 loads a program from the ROM, the storage device 13, and the like to the RAM, and the program is executed by the CPU. By executing it, various processing units are realized. In this embodiment, the controller 15 implements a print processing unit 21, a login processing unit 22, a job management unit 23, and a print data transfer processing unit 24.

  The print processing unit 21 generates print control data based on the print data received from the user terminal device 3 and supplies the print control data to the printing device 11 to execute printing. The print data is PDL (Page Description Language) data, PDF data file, and the like, and has a data format that can be processed by each image processing apparatus 1 (that is, printable based on the data).

  When a login operation by the user is detected, the login processing unit 22 acquires user identification information (such as a user ID, a user ID and a password pair) input by the user from the operation panel 12, and authenticates the user identification information. The request is transmitted to the user management server apparatus 4 together with the request, and the user authentication result is received as a response to the authentication request. If the user authentication is successful, the login is permitted. If the user authentication is unsuccessful, the login is not permitted. When login is permitted, an operation screen that can use various functions of the image forming apparatus 1 is displayed on the operation panel 12. When login is not permitted, a login screen that requests input of user identification information is continuously displayed. Is displayed.

  The user identification information may be acquired by the operation panel 12 based on text input by the user, or may be acquired from an ID card possessed by the user by an ID card reader (not shown) connected to the controller 15. It may be.

  The job management unit 23 receives a job request received from the user terminal device 3 via the communication device 14 and a job request based on a user operation on the operation panel 12, and uses the print processing unit 21 or the like to receive the received job. Execute.

  When the print data and the reception condition data are received from the user terminal device 3 together with the save request, the job management unit 23 does not execute the printing with the print data in the image forming apparatus 1 and the print data and the reception condition data. Are stored in the storage device 13 in association with each other. When the data discarding time information is included in the receiving condition data, the job management unit 23 associates the receiving condition data with the receiving condition data when the time specified by the data discarding time information comes. The print data being deleted is deleted from the storage device 13.

  The print data transfer processing unit 24 receives the login notification from the user management server device 4 using the communication device 14, the user ID indicated by the login notification is the recipient, and the reception condition is satisfied. Is sent to the image forming apparatus 1 having the identification information indicated by the login notification. For example, if there is receivable time information in the receiving condition data, the print data is transmitted if the reception time of the login notification satisfies the receivable time specified by the receivable time information, otherwise, the print data Will not be sent. The login notification includes the user ID of the user who performed the login operation and identification information (an identifier on the network 2 such as a machine name or an IP address) of the other image forming apparatus 1 that the user performed the login operation. It is.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the user terminal device 3 in FIG. The user terminal device 3 is, for example, a personal computer having a network communication function in which an operating system, an application program, and the like are installed. Each user terminal device 3 includes a communication device 31, a display device 32, an input device 33, a storage device 34, and an arithmetic processing device 35.

  The communication device 31 is connected to the network 2 and performs data communication with other devices (such as the image forming device 1) via the network 2 using a predetermined communication protocol. As the communication device 31, a network interface, a modem, or the like is used. The display device 32 is a device such as a liquid crystal display that displays various screens to the user of the user terminal device 3. The input device 33 is a device such as a keyboard or a mouse that detects a user operation by the user.

  The storage device 34 is a device capable of storing various data and programs. As the storage device 34, a nonvolatile mass storage medium such as a nonvolatile memory or a hard disk drive is used. A driver program 41 is stored in the storage device 34.

  The arithmetic processing unit 35 is a computer having a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like, and various processing units are realized by loading a program from the storage unit 34, ROM, etc. to the RAM and executing the program by the CPU. .

  After starting up the user terminal device 3, various programs are appropriately executed by the arithmetic processing device 35. In this embodiment, processing units such as an operating system (not shown), a communication processing unit 51, and a driver 52 are realized by the arithmetic processing unit 35.

  The communication processing unit 51 controls the communication device 31 to execute data communication using a predetermined communication protocol.

  The driver 52 is a processing unit that is realized by executing the driver program 41 in the storage device 34 in the arithmetic processing unit 35, and is a driver for the image forming apparatus 1. The driver 52 generates print data such as PDL data from document data generated by an application.

  Further, the driver 52 generates reception condition data including at least the recipient's user ID, and the reception condition data and print data together with the storage request are designated by the user among the plurality of image forming apparatuses 1. Send to 1 and save. Further, the driver 52 stores the reception condition data and the print data in the image forming apparatus 1, and then transmits a notification indicating the storage of the print data to the recipient by a predetermined communication method. In this embodiment, a notification indicating storage of print data is transmitted by electronic mail.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the user management server apparatus 4 in FIG. The user management server device 4 is a server computer having a network communication function in which an operating system, a server program, and the like are installed, for example.

  The user management server device 4 includes a communication device 61, a storage device 62, and an arithmetic processing device 63.

  The communication device 61 is connected to the network 2 and performs data communication with other devices (such as the image forming device 1) via the network 2 using a predetermined communication protocol. As the communication device 61, a network interface, a modem, or the like is used.

  The storage device 62 is a device capable of storing various data and programs. As the storage device 62, a nonvolatile mass storage medium such as a nonvolatile memory or a hard disk drive is used. The storage device 62 stores user data 71 of registered users. The user data 71 includes user identification information and user attribute information for each registered user.

  The arithmetic processing unit 63 is a computer having a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and various processing units are realized by loading a program from the storage unit 62, the ROM, etc. to the RAM and executing the program by the CPU. .

  After the server device 4 is activated, various programs are appropriately executed by the arithmetic processing device 63. In this embodiment, the processing unit 63 implements processing units such as an operating system (not shown), a communication processing unit 81, and a service processing unit 82.

  The communication processing unit 81 controls the communication device 61 to execute data communication using a predetermined communication protocol.

  Upon receiving the user authentication request, the service processing unit 82 performs user authentication with reference to the user data 71, transmits the authentication result as a response to the user authentication request, and when the user authentication is successful, the user ID of the user The identification information of the image forming apparatus 1 that is the transmission source of the user authentication request is transmitted to all the image forming apparatuses 1 connected to the network 2. When the service processing unit 82 receives a user attribute information query from the image forming apparatus 1 in which the user has successfully logged in, the service processing unit 82 refers to the user data 71 and transmits the user attribute information as a response to the query.

  Next, the operation of each device in the image forming system will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram illustrating print data storage, transfer between image forming apparatuses, and printing by the image forming system shown in FIG.

  The driver 52 is activated from an application (not shown) and causes the display device 32 to display a print setting screen. The driver 52 specifies the image forming apparatus 1 that is the transmission destination of the print data in accordance with the user operation on the print setting screen detected by the input device 33. Further, the driver 52 causes the display device 32 to display a reception condition setting screen in accordance with a user operation on the print setting screen. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a reception condition setting screen displayed by the driver 52 in the user terminal device 3 shown in FIG.

  In the setting screen shown in FIG. 6, a receiving condition for print data for a document of a conference material is specified. The reception conditions for the print data for the document of the conference material include the user ID of the recipient, the conference date and time information, the receivable time information, the data discard time information, and the conference participant who is the recipient of the print data. The date and time zone input to the input field 111 are used as meeting date information, the time zone selected from the pull-down menu 112 is receivable time information, and the time selected from the pull-down menu 113 is the data discard time. Information.

  In addition, in the setting screen shown in FIG. 6, the item addition from the group member list 114a to the selection list 114b and the item deletion from the selection list 114b are performed by a user operation on the operation unit 114c, and the user of the member in the selection list 114b The ID is the recipient's user ID. For example, the driver 52 inquires of the user management server device 4 about all group members of the group to which the user who is operating the user terminal device 3 belongs, and uses the group member list acquired from the user management server device 4 as the group member list 114a. Display. At this time, the group member's name, user ID, and contact information (in this case, an e-mail address) are acquired from the user management server device 4, and a list of names is displayed as the group member list 114a.

  The driver 52 receives the receiving condition specified by the user operation on the setting screen in this way (step S1).

  Then, the driver 52 generates print data for the selected image forming apparatus 1 from document data of an application (not shown), and also generates reception condition data including the above-described reception conditions (step S2), and the communication apparatus 31 is used to transmit the generated print data and reception condition data to the selected image forming apparatus 1 together with a storage request (step S3).

  In the image forming apparatus 1, the job management unit 23 uses the communication device 14 to receive the storage request, print data, and reception condition data, and stores the print data and reception condition data in the storage device 13 ( Step S4). When the storage is completed, the job management unit 23 transmits a storage completion notification to the driver 52 of the requesting user terminal device 3 (step S5).

  When the driver 52 of the requesting user terminal device 3 receives the storage completion notification, the driver 52 transmits an e-mail notifying the storage of the print data to the destination based on the contact information of the group member designated as the recipient (step S6). ). The e-mail is transmitted via a mail server (not shown).

  In this way, for example, a certain user such as a conference organizer causes the image forming apparatus 1 arbitrarily designated by the user to store print data of conference materials, for example.

  When the group member designated as the recipient (for example, the conference participant) receives the e-mail, the group member designated as the recipient (for example, the print data of the conference material) is saved. know.

  The user who is the group member, for example, goes to the nearest image forming apparatus 1, logs in to the image forming apparatus 1, executes printing based on the stored print data, and obtains a printed matter.

  At this time, when the recipient user performs a login operation to the operation panel 12 of the image forming apparatus 1, the login processing unit 22 acquires the user identification information (step S11), and the user identification information together with the user authentication request. It transmits to the user management server device 4 (step S12).

  In the user management server device 4, when the service processing unit 82 receives the user authentication request and the user identification information using the communication device 61 and the communication processing unit 81, the user processing is performed (step S13).

  The service processing unit 82 transmits the user authentication result as a response to the image forming apparatus 1 (step S14). The login processing unit 22 of the image forming apparatus 1 determines whether to permit login based on the user authentication result. If the user authentication is successful, the service processing unit 82 transmits a login notification to all the image forming apparatuses 1 (step S15).

  When the print data transfer processing unit 24 of each image forming apparatus 1 receives the login notification, the user ID indicated in the login notification is the recipient's user ID and the reception condition is satisfied. The condition data and the print data are searched for in the reception condition data and the print data stored in the storage device 13 (step S16).

  Then, the print data transfer processing unit 24 of each image forming apparatus 1 transmits the received reception condition data and the list of print data to the image forming apparatus 1 having the identification information indicated in the login notification (step S17). If the corresponding receiving condition data and print data are not found, the list is not transmitted.

  The print data transfer processing unit 24 of the image forming apparatus 1 to which the user has logged in receives the list from the other image forming apparatus 1 and displays the list on the operation panel 12 (step S18). At this time, when a list is received from a plurality of image forming apparatuses 1, the print data transfer processing unit 24 collects the received plurality of lists into one list and displays the list.

  A recipient user who has logged into the image forming apparatus 1 operates the operation panel 12 to select print data from a list displayed on the operation panel 12.

  The print data transfer processing unit 24 of the image forming apparatus 1 to which the recipient user has logged in receives a selection operation by the user (step S19), and the print data is stored in response to a request for transmission of the selected print data. It transmits to the image forming apparatus 1 (step S20).

  When receiving the transmission request, the print data transfer processing unit 24 of the image forming apparatus 1 storing the print data transmits the print data designated by the transmission request as a response (step S21).

  When the print data transfer processing unit 24 of the image forming apparatus 1 to which the recipient user has logged in receives the print data, the print data transfer processing unit 24 supplies the print data to the job management unit 23 as a print request. The job management unit 23 executes a print job based on the print data, and causes the print processing unit 21 and the printing apparatus 11 to execute printing based on the print data (step S22).

  When the printing is completed, the job management unit 23 charges the user who has logged in to the user who has logged in (step S23). That is, the user who becomes the recipient is charged, not the user who saved the print data.

  On the other hand, in the image forming apparatus that stores the print data, the job management unit 23 deletes the reception condition data and the print data when the time specified by the data discard information is reached (step S24).

  As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, the user terminal device 3 designates the print data designated by the receiving condition including at least the user ID of the recipient by the user among the plurality of image forming apparatuses 1. The image forming apparatus 1 is stored. When the user management server device 4 receives the user authentication request of the user from the image forming device 1 to which the user has performed a login operation among the plurality of image forming devices 1, the user management server device 4 executes the user authentication of the user, When the user authentication is successful, a login notification indicating the user ID of the user and the identification information of the image forming apparatus 1 to which the user has performed the login operation is transmitted to the plurality of image forming apparatuses 1. When each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses 1 receives the login notification, the log-in notification indicates print data in which the user ID indicated by the login notification is the recipient and the receiving condition is satisfied. The identification information is transmitted to the image forming apparatus 1. Further, when the image forming apparatus 1 to which the user performs a login operation receives print data, the image forming apparatus 1 performs printing based on the print data.

  As a result, if the user logs in to any one of the image forming apparatuses 1, the user can print a document corresponding to the recipient on the image forming apparatus 1 on the spot. Therefore, a user operation and a work burden when a user registered as a recipient prints a document registered for a specific recipient such as a conference participant is reduced.

  Further, according to the above-described embodiment, the user who is the recipient bears a charge generated by printing the stored document. Therefore, the recipient does not print unnecessary documents, and wasteful printing can be suppressed.

  The above-described embodiments are preferred examples of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to these, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. is there.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the print data of the conference material is described as an example. However, the present invention can also be applied to a printed matter for internal publicity in which a department or section is designated.

  The present invention is applicable to, for example, an in-house network to which a plurality of image forming apparatuses are connected.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image forming apparatus 3 User terminal device 4 User management server apparatus 13 Storage device 24 Print data transfer process part 35 Arithmetic processing apparatus (an example of computer)

Claims (6)

A plurality of image forming apparatuses;
A user terminal device;
A user management server device,
The user terminal device stores print data in which a receiving condition including at least a recipient user ID is designated in an image forming device designated by a user among the plurality of image forming devices,
When the user management server device receives a user authentication request for the user from an image forming device in which the user has performed a login operation among the plurality of image forming devices, the user management server device performs user authentication of the user, and user authentication is performed. If successful, a login notification indicating the user ID of the user and the identification information of the image forming apparatus that the user has logged in to is sent to the plurality of image forming apparatuses,
When each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses receives the login notification, the login notification is sent to the print data in which the user ID indicated by the login notification is a recipient and the reception condition is satisfied. Is transmitted to the image forming apparatus of the identification information indicated by
When the image forming apparatus that the user has logged in receives the print data, the image forming apparatus performs printing based on the print data;
An image forming system.   The user terminal device stores the print data in which the reception condition is specified in the image forming apparatus, and then transmits a notification indicating the storage of the print data to the recipient by a predetermined communication method. The image forming system according to claim 1. The user terminal device, in accordance with an operation by a first user, causes the print data designated by the receiving condition to be stored in an image forming device designated by the first user;
When receiving the user authentication request of the second user from the image forming apparatus to which the second user has performed the login operation, the user management server apparatus executes the user authentication of the second user. A login notification indicating a user ID of the second user and identification information of the image forming apparatus to which the second user has performed a login operation is transmitted to the plurality of image forming apparatuses;
When the second user logs in, the image forming apparatus receives the print data, prints based on the print data, and charges the second user for printing based on the print data. thing,
The image forming system according to claim 1. The receiving condition includes receiving time information,
Each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses, when the login notification is received in a time zone permitted by the receivable time information, transmits the print data to which the reception condition is attached, and the login notification Is received outside the time period permitted by the receivable time information, the print data is not transmitted.
The image forming system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the image forming system includes: The receiving condition includes data discard time information,
Each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses discards the print data to which the receiving condition is attached at a time designated by the data discard time information;
The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein the image forming system is an image forming system. A storage device for storing print data designated by a receiving condition including at least a recipient user ID received from a user terminal device;
When a login notification indicating the user ID of the user and the identification information of another image forming apparatus to which the user has performed the login operation is received, the user ID indicated by the login notification is a recipient and the reception condition A print data transfer processing unit that transmits the print data for which the information is established to the image forming apparatus of the identification information indicated by the login notification;
An image forming apparatus comprising:

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