Patent ID: 8208165
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a user authenticating device which authenticates a user, an interface which performs data communication with another image forming apparatus and which receives a print job from external equipment; a spooler which spools the print job received by the interface, a printer which prints out the print job spooled in the spooler, a display which displays the print job stored in the spooler, and, a move key to permit the user instruct that the print job is moved to another image forming apparatus, and a controller which determines whether to move a print job in an execution waiting state to another image forming apparatus as a normal print job or move the print job to another image forming apparatus as a private print job in case where the move key is input, and transfers the print job to the another image forming apparatus via the interface in accordance with the determination.