Patent ID: 8358950
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming system comprising: an image forming section to perform an image forming processing to form an image on a sheet to eject the image-formed sheet to an sheet ejection section; a control section to control the image forming processing by the image forming section; a specify section to specify the number of units for stop in a temporary stop mode in which the image forming processing by the image forming section is temporarily stopped, wherein the number of units for stop specified with the specify section is at least one of the number of sheets, the number of sets, and the number of jobs, wherein the control section allows the image forming section to stop the image forming processing when the image forming processing by the image forming section reaches the number of units for stop specified with the specify section, wherein the control section judges whether or not a predetermined condition has been met when the number of units for stop specified with the specify section is the number of jobs, and when the control section judges that the predetermined condition has been met, the control section stops the image forming processing by the image forming section after ejecting the sheet of a current job and resets a count of the number of jobs until the stop time, and the predetermined condition is at least one of the following conditions: