Patent ID: 7604160

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a user interface unit configured to allow a user to set a first image forming condition for forming the image on the sheet; a memory reading unit configured to read a second image forming condition for forming the image on the sheet from a memory medium; a display unit configured to display the second image forming condition read by the memory reading unit; a selector configured to select one of the first image forming condition and the second image forming condition based on an instruction from the user in a case where the first image forming condition is different from the second image forming condition; and a controller configured to, in a case where the first image forming condition is different from the second image forming condition, control the image forming unit to form the image based on the one of the first image forming condition and the second image forming condition selected by the selector and control the display unit to display the second image forming condition, and in a case where the first image forming condition is the same as the second image forming condition, control the image forming unit to form the image according to the information that is common between the first image forming condition and the second image forming condition and control the display unit not to display the second image forming condition.