Patent ID: 8953222
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a printer engine; a storage unit that stores therein an accumulation permission/prohibition information in a corresponding manner to each combination of a plurality of first job types and a plurality of second job types, including a first job type indicating a print type of an accumulation print, which is executed based on a job and in which print data of the job is stored and printed, and including a second job type indicating whether toner to be used for execution of the job is special toner or normal toner, and the accumulation permission/prohibition information indicating whether to permit or prohibit accumulation of print data of the job; a receiving unit that receives print data; a print data interpreting unit that interprets the received print data received by the receiving unit so as to identify both the first job type of a job using the received print data and the second job type of the job using the received print data; and a print control unit that accumulates the received print data in a reusable manner in the storage unit when the accumulation permission/prohibition information that is stored corresponding to a combination of the first job type and the second job type identified by the print data interpreting unit indicates that the accumulation is permitted, and does not accumulate the received print data when the accumulation permission/prohibition information that is stored corresponding to a combination of the first job type and the second job type identified by the print data interpreting unit indicates that the accumulation is prohibited.