Patent ID: 8208828
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus capable of executing a job of a process including an image forming process, comprising: a job storage portion that stores a print job relating to the image forming process and a command job relating to a control process of operation of the image forming apparatus; a job management portion that registers the print job and the command job in the job storage portion and manages the print job and the command job; an image formation portion that executes the print job; a command execution portion that executes the command job; and a controller that performs control such that the print job stored in the job storage portion is executed ahead of the command job; a command job storage portion that stores the command job; wherein the command job includes information of date and time at which the command job is supposed to be executed; the controller performs control such that the command job is executed when the date and time included in the information of date and time has lapsed; and the job management portion registers the command job stored in the command job storage portion into the job storage portion when the date and time included in the information of date and time has lapsed.