Patent ID: 8477351

Claim:
An image forming apparatus communicatively connected to an external terminal, comprising: a communication device for transmitting and receiving data to and from said external terminal; a controller capable of providing an instruction to execute at least one function of a plurality of functions which are executable in said image forming apparatus, said at least one function having been designated in job information from said external terminal received in said communication device; and a memory storing the job information from said external terminal received in said communication device, said controller being configured to inhibit use of at least one function of the plurality of functions which are executable in said image forming apparatus in accordance with an instruction, check contents of the job information received from said external terminal, determine based on the checked job information whether the function inhibited from being used is designated, and, output information used for determining whether to re-execute the function inhibited from being used which is designated in said job information, upon termination of a state where the function is inhibited from being used, when determining that the function inhibited from being used is designated.