Patent ID: 11880621
Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 3:
4. An image forming apparatus capable of changing printing order of a plurality of jobs, comprising:
an instruction acquiring unit configured to present a job list in which the plurality of jobs is arranged in the printing order and acquire a change instruction of the printing order;
an internal priority setting unit configured to set, based on the change instruction acquired by the instruction acquiring unit, an internal priority that is different from set priority specified for each of the plurality of jobs;
a list adjusting unit configured to adjust the printing order of an adding job according to the internal priority set by the internal priority setting unit and reflect adjustment in the job list; and
an image forming unit that outputs each of the plurality of jobs in the printing order based on the job list adjusted by the list adjusting unit; wherein:
the internal priority setting unit sets, when moving the job in the job list, the internal priority of the moving job to equal to or higher than the set priority of a job at position before movement in the job list; and
the internal priority setting unit is configured such that,
when a job is moved from bottom to top, the internal priority of the job is set to the priority of a job below, and
when the job is moved from top to bottom, the internal priority of the job is set to the priority of a job above.