Patent ID: 8462404

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an accepting section for accepting a printing job including image data; an image forming section for forming an image based on the printing job accepted by the accepting section; and a controller for controlling the accepting section and the image forming section and processing the printing job accepted by the accepting section, wherein the controller determines, when the accepting section accepts a printing job, whether the accepted printing job is a first printing job corresponding to a predetermined attribute or a second printing job not corresponding to the predetermined attribute, when it is determined that the printing job accepted by the accepting section is the first printing job, the controller places the first printing job in a standby state, when it is determined that the printing job accepted by the accepting section is the second printing job, the controller starts a process of the second printing job, and executes an obtaining process for obtaining information for adjusting an image formation result by using start of the process of the second printing job as a trigger, and the controller starts a process of the first printing job placed in a standby state, under condition of execution of the obtaining process triggered by the start of the process of the second printing job.