Patent ID: 8619298
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a job registering unit configured to register a job; an address setting unit configured to set an email address to be set as a transmission destination of a status concerning the job registered in the job registering unit; a control unit configured to execute the job registered in the job registering unit; a status setting unit configured to set, for each cause of an interruption, whether the interruption of the job is notified, a detecting unit configured to detect the status concerning the job executed by the control unit; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, if the detecting unit detects the interruption of the job and if a cause of the interruption of the job is a cause of the interruption of the job to be notified, an electronic mail including information indicating the interruption of the job and the cause of the interruption to the email address set by the address setting unit.