Patent ID: 8724190

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit configured to perform image formation in accordance with jobs including a first job and a second job, the image forming unit starting image formation in accordance with the second job while performing the image formation in accordance with the first job, each of the first job and the second job including paper feeding unit information indicating one of paper feeding units; a detecting unit configured to detect whether a recording medium is stored in a paper feeding unit indicated by the paper feeding unit information of the first job; and an image formation control unit, functionally connected to the image forming unit and the detecting unit, configured to cause the image forming unit to continue, when the first job is ending, the image formation in accordance with the second job when the detecting unit detects that a recording medium is stored in the paper feeding unit, and cause the image forming unit to suspend the image formation in accordance with the second job when the detecting unit detects that no recording medium is stored in the paper feeding unit.