Patent ID: 7952735

Claim:
An image formation apparatus that forms an image on paper for printing out, comprising: an interface that receives original document data to be printed on the paper from an external device via a network; a mode selection section, configured to allow a user to select between a tag writing mode and an ordinary printing mode, the tag writing mode being a mode to perform a printing control to form the image on the paper with a storage medium while the original document data is written to the storage medium, the ordinary printing mode being a mode to perform a printing control only to form the image on the paper regardless of whether the paper is provided with the storage medium, a writer configured to operate during the tag writing mode that performs writing of data to the storage medium provided for the paper; a determination section configured to operate during the tag writing mode that determines whether the paper has the storage medium and whether the storage medium can be written to: a printing controller configured to operate during the tag writing mode that, when the determination section determines that the paper medium and determines that the storage medium can be written to, controls a printing out section to perform printing of the image on the paper on the basis of the original document data received by the interface, and controls the writer to perform writing of the original document data received by the interface to the storage medium provided for the paper, and when the determination section determines that the storage medium cannot be written to, exits the tag writing mode: and a conversion unit that automatically converts original document data to a resolution available with the image formation without degradation of image quality.