To easily obtain conditions of each image forming apparatus in a tandem image forming system, thereby easily operating the image forming apparatus.

In an image forming system, a plurality of image forming apparatus are tandemly-arranged, thereby forming an image while assigning an area of a recording sheet. The image forming apparatus includes: a display section that performs various display; and a control section that detects connecting positions of each individual image forming apparatus in the image forming system, and controls the display section to display typical information based on detected results.