Patent ID: 8374521
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: G03G,G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus including a storage area to store a print job, the apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive a print job to store in the storage area; an identification unit configured to identify whether a type of a printing medium set in the print job received by the reception unit is identical to a type of a printing medium provided in the image forming apparatus; a suspension unit configured to suspend print processing of the print job if the identification unit identifies that the type of the printing medium set in the print job is not identical to the type of the printing medium provided in the image forming apparatus; a determination unit configured to determine whether a suspension time period for which the print job has been suspended by the suspension unit elapses for a predetermined time period; a notification unit configured to notify a user of a notification including information for specifying the print job to be deleted if the determination unit determines that the suspension time period elapsed for the predetermined time period; and a deletion unit configured to delete the print job from the storage area in a case where the print job exists in the storage area after the notification unit notifies the user of the notification.