Patent ID: 7446816

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a reception section receiving in an order, data broadcasting signals, formed of a pair of image data, including a frame configuring a moving picture, and private data, including print-out data and a control signal involved in print-out; a detection section detecting said print-out data and said control signal from said received data broadcasting signal; a storage section storing said detected print-out data into a memory apparatus; and an output section printing out said print-out data stored in said memory apparatus in response to a control signal including an instruction to start printing said print-out data stored in said memory apparatus, wherein said control signal including an instruction to start printing said print-out data is included in private data forming a pair with image data included in a data broadcasting signal received at a time different from a time at which a data broadcasting signal including image data forming a pair with private data including said print-out data is received.