IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming system, an image forming method, and an information processing apparatus that reduce printing time when printing is performed on a number of sheets, and reduce time and effort of a user when the user instructs print processing.SOLUTION: A printing host device 1 comprises: a print request receiving part 151 that receives a print object print request; a dividing part 152 that, when the total number of pages of the print object is equal to or more than a preset minimum number of pages, divides the print object into a plurality of page groups; and a print job transmitting part 153 that creates divided print jobs corresponding respectively to the page groups obtained through division performed by the dividing part, and transmits the respective divided print jobs separately to a plurality of image forming apparatuses.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】多数のシートに印刷を行う場合の印刷時間を短縮するとともに、印刷処理を指示する際のユーザーの手間を減らす画像形成システム、画像形成方法及び情報処理装置を提供する。【解決手段】印刷ホスト装置１は、印刷対象の印刷要求を受け付ける印刷要求受付部１５１と、印刷対象の総ページ数が予め設定された最小ページ数以上である場合に、印刷対象を複数のページ群に分割する分割部１５２と、分割部によって分割されたページ群各々に対応する分割印刷ジョブを生成し、分割印刷ジョブ各々を個別に複数の画像形成装置に送信する印刷ジョブ送信部１５３と、を備える。【選択図】図２