Patent ID: 8976419
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a reading unit configured to read an image of a sheet to acquire image information of the sheet; a reception unit configured to receive a print job including image information from an external apparatus; a determination unit configured to, in a case that the print job designates image formation on a surface of the sheet on which the image has been formed, determine, based on at least the image information of the sheet and the image information included in the print job, whether or not to perform the image formation on the sheet based on the print job; and a control unit configured to, in a case that the determination unit determines not to perform the image formation on the sheet based on the print job, stop image formation on the sheet, and in a case that the determination unit determines to perform the image formation on the sheet based on the print job, form an image on the sheet in accordance with the image information of the print job.