Patent ID: 9473657
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a receiving part that receives data indicating an image transmitted via a network; a printing part that executes a printing job creating a printed matter on which the image is printed indicated by the data received by the receiving part; a paper discharging part into which the printed matter created by the printing part is discharged and in which the printed matter is held; a timer part; a timer control part that causes the timer part to start measuring a time when a first printing job that is a printing job precedingly executed is completed, wherein said completion of the first printing job is completion of discharging of all printed matter of the first printing job; a first determination part that determines whether or not there exists a second printing job that is a printing job received subsequent to reception of the first printing job and to be printed subsequent to the first printing job; a second determination part that determines whether or not a time measured by the timer part has passed a predetermined period when it is determined by the first determination part that there exists the second printing job; a job control part that performs interval control causing the printing part to execute the second printing job successively following the first printing job after the predetermined period has passed when it is determined by the second determination part that the predetermined period has not yet passed, wherein: a human detection sensor that detects a human who is in the vicinity of the image forming apparatus; and a permission part that permits the job control part to perform the interval control when the human detection sensor detects the human, and does not permit the job control part to perform the interval control when the human detection sensor does not detect the human.