Patent ID: 8934129
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a storage part configured to store a plurality of job data; an output part configured to output a job of the job data; and a job data erasion controlling part configured to erase the job data output from the output part previously, by overwriting, wherein the job data erasion controlling part erases the previously output job data by overwriting within an idle time other than a time at which the storage part is read and/or written when the job is output, and then, if the storage part has a free space area having a capacity larger than a predetermined capacity, the output job data is erased by overwriting in descending order of data size, and if the storage part has the free space area having a capacity smaller than the predetermined capacity, the output job data is erased by overwriting in ascending order of data size.