Patent ID: 8711377
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to, when at least one of a first print job and a second print job as merging targets is a variable data printing (VDP) job, display a user interface prompting a user to select a merging method for merging the first print job and the second print job; and a merging unit configured to merge the first print job and the second print job according to the merging method selected via the user interface, wherein, when one of the first print job and the second print job is the VDP job and the other is not the VDP job, the display unit displays a user interface enabling a selection from a first merging method for merging the non-VDP job in the first print job and the second print job to an individual record included in the VDP job in the first print job and the second print job and a second merging method for merging the first print job and the second print job with one after the other.