Patent ID: 8797573

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a close-range wireless communicator that is capable of performing a close-range wireless communication with a user's using portable terminal; a memory that records in itself, print data that is transmitted by the portable terminal and received by the close-range wireless communicator or print data that is obtained from a storage location according to storage information of the print data, which is transmitted by the portable terminal; a printer that prints out the print data recorded therein; a communication status judger that judges whether or not a communication with the portable terminal is enabled by the close-range wireless communicator, until the printer completes printing out the print data; and a controller that deletes the print data from the memory or keeps the print data recorded in the memory, based on a judgment result drawn by the communication status judger and a print operation status of printing control operations within the image forming apparatus itself before a print operation of the print data is completed.