Patent ID: 8384923
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G03G,G06F,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus that performs print processing of image data based on contents of a plurality of types of print setting items, the image forming apparatus comprising: a holding unit configured to hold a past print job as a history; a first receiving unit configured to receive selection of a target item by a user, from among a plurality of types of print setting items that are settable in a print job for performing the print processing of the image data; a search unit configured to, with respect to the target item, search in the history for a past print job in which a content of the target item was set; a display unit configured to display a list of past print jobs that were searched by the search unit; a second receiving unit configured to receive selection of a past print job by the user, from among the list of past print jobs that was displayed; a setting unit configured to set the content of the target item that is set in the selected past print job as a content of the target item of the print job corresponding to the image data; and a print unit configured to perform the print processing of the image data, using the print job in which the content of the target item is set by the setting unit.