Image forming apparatus, resource holding apparatus, image forming system, resource requesting method, resource holding method, resource managing method, and program

摘要

An MFP which holds resources stores resource information about the held resources. Whether or not a resource holding request has been added to a resource downloading request from an SFP is discriminated. If a resource holding request has been added, a holding priority to decide a holding state of the held resources is set. The holding state of the held resources is controlled based on the holding priority.