Patent ID: 9652188
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus communicable with an information processing apparatus over a network, the image forming apparatus comprising: a setting unit which is implemented by at least one processor and sets a forcible reservation mode in which print data received from the information processing apparatus is reserved forcibly at the image forming apparatus; a network interface which receives print data, to which either a print command or a save command is added, from the information processing apparatus over the network; a storage, having at least a first storage area and a second storage area, capable of storing the print data in the first storage area or the second storage area; an operation unit interface which receives from a user a print start instruction to start printing the print data stored in the first storage area or the second storage area; a printer which prints an image based on the print data the printing of which is instructed; and a control unit which is implemented by at least one processor and performs control for storing the print data into the first storage area in a case where the forcible reservation mode is set by the setting unit and where the command added to the print data is the print command or for storing the print data into the second storage area in a case where the forcible reservation mode is set by the setting unit and where the command added to the print data is the save command.