Patent ID: 8711409

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming unit which executes a predetermined image forming process on paper; a control section which performs control so as to (i) receive reservations of a plurality of jobs, (ii) execute the plurality of jobs which are received and reserved in a predetermined order and make the image forming unit carry out the image forming process in each of predetermined intervals, (iii) continuously execute the plurality of jobs which are received and reserved without interrupting the image forming process in each predetermined interval, and (iv) when a predetermined continuous output not-feasible condition requiring a predetermined preparation time period is met when starting execution of a reserved job, stop the image forming process in the corresponding predetermined interval until the predetermined preparation time period elapses and the reserved job is in a state where the image forming process is startable; and a display section which displays an execution order of the plurality of jobs which are received by the control section so as to be specified, wherein the control section performs a pre-determination to determine whether the continuous output not-feasible condition is met or not for a reserved job in advance before the reserved job is executed based on a setting condition of the reserved job which is received, wherein the control section compares, in the pre-determination, (i) a setting condition of the reserved job which is targeted for the pre-determination to (ii) a setting condition of a reserved job which is to be executed just before the reserved job which is targeted for the pre-determination, and determines whether the continuous output not-feasible condition is met or not for the reserved job targeted for the pre-determination based on a result of the comparison, and wherein the control section controls the display section to display a pre-determination result so as to correspond with a display indicating an execution order of the reserved job which is displayed in the display section, the pre-determination result being identifiable.