Patent ID: 7869733

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image outputting section for conducting image forming on a sheet; a nonvolatile storing medium for storing a print job; and a control section for conducting: a control to discontinue the image forming at a stop point after continuing the image forming up to an end of a set in process of the image forming based on job information of the print job when the image forming for the print job in execution is discontinued in mid course; a control to store the job information reflecting a halfway result up to the stop point in the nonvolatile storing medium after the discontinuation of the image forming and before turning power off; and then a control to read out the job information reflecting the halfway result up to the stop point and to restart to continue the print job corresponding to the job information from the stop point when the power is turned on again, the job information being stored in the nonvolatile storing medium.