Patent ID: 8373884
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a setting unit to set a printing condition of a job, the printing condition containing a condition indicating whether check print is to be executed or not; an image forming unit to execute image forming processing in accordance with the printing condition set by the setting unit; and a control unit to determine one or more pages to be subjected to the check print based on the printing condition and a predetermined determination condition if the printing condition set by the setting unit indicates that the check print is to be executed, and to cause the image forming unit to execute the image forming processing for the check print with respect to the determined one or more pages, wherein the printing condition contains a condition indicating one or a plurality of paper feed trays to be used, and if the printing condition indicates that the plurality of paper feed trays are used, the determination condition indicates that page one is defined as a first page, a page when all of the plurality of paper feed trays are used is defined as a last page, and all pages from the first page to the last page are determined to be subjected to the check print.