Patent ID: 8773697
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: B41J,G03G,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus for processing a variable data printing (VDP) job including a plurality of records, the image forming apparatus comprising: a determination unit that determines whether a VDP job received from an information processing apparatus is a test print job of which test printing is instructed, and that selects, from a first record and a second record included in the VDP job that is determined to be the test print job, in a case where a number of reusable objects included in the second record is greater than a number of reusable objects included in the first record, the second record as a test record of the test printing; a test print unit that performs test printing of the selected test record; an accepting unit that accepts a print instruction for a record that is included in the VDP job and is not printed by the test printing after the test record is printed; and a print unit that prints the record that is included in the VDP job and is not printed by the test printing in response to the print instruction, wherein the test record to be printed by the test print unit and a target record to be printed by the print unit are different from each other, so that a print product printed by the test print unit includes a print content different from that of a print product printed by the print unit.