US 12,067,303 B2
Image forming system and image forming method
Chikako Tomita, Sakai (JP); and Akitoshi Masuda, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
Filed by SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/222,820.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-116597 (JP), filed on Jul. 21, 2022; and application No. 2023-079550 (JP), filed on May 12, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0028268 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1204 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1238 (2013.01); G06F 3/1254 (2013.01); G06F 3/1288 (2013.01); G06F 3/1293 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming system comprising:
an image forming apparatus comprising an operation panel, the image forming apparatus forming an image based on image data; and
a user terminal having a printer driver capable of configuring preliminary setting information of a print job pertaining to formation of the image, wherein:
the user terminal is configured to transmit the preliminary setting information configured by the printer driver to the image forming apparatus,
when the image forming apparatus is accessed by a user after receiving the preliminary setting information, the image forming apparatus transitions to an image-data acquisition standby state to accept an operation to acquire the image data, and when the image data is acquired, the image forming apparatus forms the image based on the image data by applying the preliminary setting information, and
the printer driver, which generates the preliminary setting information, transmits the preliminary setting information to the image forming apparatus in accordance with an operation selected on the preliminary setting by the user using a print setting screen for the printer driver.