Image forming system, image forming apparatus, information converter, server, and computer-readable recording medium
An image forming system comprises a calling part for calling up customized information which is operation setting information customized for a specific user, a converter for dividing an operation to be executed in a specific function mode which is installed in a first image forming apparatus and not installed in a second image forming apparatus into a plurality of jobs and changing execution information of the specific function mode to converted execution information described by using combination of pieces of execution information on the plurality of jobs when the specific function mode is included in the customized information, and a controller for executing an operation to implement the same function as that of the specific function mode in the second image forming apparatus by using the converted execution information.
1. An image forming system comprising a memory and one or more processors, the memory storing instructions for the one or more processors to execute:
calling up customized information which is operation setting information customized for a specific user;
dividing an operation to be executed in a specific function mode, which is installed in a first image forming apparatus and not installed in a second image forming apparatus, which operation is dividable into a plurality of sub-jobs executable in said second image forming apparatus, into said plurality of sub-jobs executable in said second image forming apparatus, and changing execution information of said specific function mode to converted execution information described by using a combination of pieces of execution information of said plurality of sub-jobs when said specific function mode is included in said customized information; and
causing execution of the plurality of sub-jobs by said second image forming apparatus by using said converted execution information such that said second image forming apparatus implements a function equivalent to the specific function mode.
2. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein
said execution information of said specific function mode is converted into said converted execution information on the basis of apparatus configuration information which is information relating to a configuration of said second image forming apparatus.
3. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors further execute:
determining whether or not said specific function mode is installed in said second image forming apparatus on the basis of possessed-function information which is information relating to functions possessed by said second image forming apparatus.
4. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors further execute:
determining whether or not said specific function mode is installed in said second image forming apparatus on the basis of functional level information which is information relating to a functional level of said second image forming apparatus.
5. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein said execution information of said specific function mode is converted into said converted execution information by using a database defining a relation between said execution information of said specific function mode and said plurality of sub-jobs.
6. The image forming system according to claim 5 , wherein the one or more processors further execute:
updating data in said database by using network communication.
7. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more processors of the image forming system are provided in an apparatus other than said first image forming apparatus or said second image forming apparatus.
8. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more processors of the image forming system are provided in a third image forming apparatus which is different from said first image forming apparatus or said second image forming apparatus.