Patent ID: 8861026
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a job setting acceptance portion configured to accept an input of a job setting indicating contents of a job from a user; a control portion configured to execute the job setting accepted by the job setting acceptance portion; an interface configured to connect to an external storage medium, the interface reading data from and writing data to the external storage medium; an identification information acceptance portion configured to accept an input of identification information for identifying the job setting from the user; a job setting storing portion configured to associate the identification information accepted by the identification information acceptance portion with the job setting executed by the control portion and to store the job setting and the identification information in the external storage medium via the interface; a specific information acceptance portion configured to accept from the user the identification information for specifying the job setting to be acquired from the external storage medium, when the external storage medium is connected to the interface; a job setting acquisition portion configured to acquire from the external storage medium the job setting associated with the identification information accepted by the specific information acceptance portion;