Patent ID: 8724166

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store electronic files wherein one or more files includes specific information; an operation unit configured to select a stored electronic file for printing; a printing unit configured to print images on media; an inquiry unit configured to, when the selected file includes the specific information and in response to a print instruction executed through the operation unit, make a single inquiry to a user to select between printing images of the selected stored electronic file having a first configuration with blank pages or printing images of the selected stored electronic file having a second configuration without the blank pages and, an output unit configured, based on the single inquiry, to output print data having one of the first configuration and the second configuration for an entirety of the selected electronic file, wherein the inquiry unit executes the single inquiry when the specific information is included in the selected electronic file and does not execute the single inquiry when the specific information is not included in the selected electronic file.