Patent ID: 9716804
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G06K,H04N

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an extracting unit that extracts a form from image formation data related to an image formation instruction, wherein the form comprises control data that defines a layout of data in an image that is formed based on the image formation data and includes text data and/or image data; a verifying unit that verifies a verification target version of a module to be compatible in a case where a difference between a first image formed by using the module of a predetermined version in accordance with the form extracted by the extracting unit and a second image formed by using the module of the verification target version in accordance with the form extracted by the extracting unit is within a permissible range and that verifies the verification target version of the module to be incompatible in a case where the difference between the first image and the second image is not within the permissible range; and a memory that stores a verification result obtained by the verifying unit.