Patent ID: 8823965

Claim:
An image formation apparatus comprising: a data acquirer configured to acquire image formation data which includes image data and other data; a data analyzer configured to make a judgment whether or not the other data includes any one of an enable instruction to enable a compatibility securement function to secure compatibility of a version of the image formation data, and a disable instruction to disable the compatibility securement function, if the judgment is that the other data includes the enable instruction, analyzing the image formation data in a compatibility securement enabled mode in which the compatibility securement function is enabled, and if the judgment is that the other data includes the disable instruction, analyzing the image formation data in a compatibility securement disabled mode in which the compatibility securement function is disabled; an image generator configured to generate an image from the image data on the basis of a result of the analysis by the data analyzer; and an image formation unit configured to form an image on the basis of the image generated by the image generator, wherein in the compatibility securement enabled mode, the data analyzer detects a description to secure the compatibility of the version of the image formation data from the image formation data, performs a process in accordance with the detected description, and then analyzes contents of the image formation data, and wherein in the compatibility securement disabled mode, the data analyzer analyzes the contents of the image formation data without detecting the description to secure the compatibility of the version of the image formation data from the image formation data.