Patent ID: 8085347
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, which is connected so as to be capable of communicating with at least one external apparatus, which includes a television, the image forming apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a print command and a print data from the external apparatus; a printing unit configured to print the print data that is received by the receiving unit; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a state of the television; a printing control unit configured to control the printing unit such that, when the print command is received by the receiving unit, the printing unit performs a printing of the print data if the state that is acquired by the acquisition unit is a first state, and the printing unit waits until the state transitions to the first state before performing the printing of the print data if the state that is acquired by the acquisition unit is a second state; and a print forcing command receiving unit configured to receive a print forcing command, either from the external apparatus or from a user, wherein the printing control unit controls the printing unit such that, when the print forcing command is received by the print forcing command receiving unit, the printing unit performs the printing of the print data even when the state that is acquired by the acquisition unit is the second state, wherein the acquisition unit acquires the state even while the printing unit is printing the print data, and wherein the printing control unit controls the printing unit such that in the event that the state transitions from the first state to the second state while the printing unit is printing the print data, if a page that remains to be printed is present within the print data after completion of a printing of a page that is being printed, the printing unit interrupts the printing of the print data, and waits until the state transitions back to the first state before printing the page that remains to be printed.