Patent ID: 9679228
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G03G,G06K,H04N

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a receiving unit that receives a print job formed of a plurality of pages; a generating unit that generates print data of a sample sheet if a request for outputting a print result of the sample sheet to an ejection destination different from an ejection destination of the print job is received while print data corresponding to the print job received by the receiving unit is being generated, wherein the print data of the sample sheet is generated using image data of the print data corresponding to the print job; a print instruction providing unit that provides print instruction for the print data of the sample sheet after providing a print instruction for the print data that has been generated; and a display that displays, based on the print data of the sample sheet, an attribute of the sample sheet, wherein the functions performed by the generating unit and the print instruction providing unit are implemented by a first processor, and the functions performed by the receiving unit are implemented by a second processor.