Patent ID: 8149437

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a user authenticating portion which authenticates a user, an interface which receives a print request from external equipment, a first spooler which spools a normal print job, a second spooler which spools a private print job, a printer which sequentially executes normal print jobs spooled in the first spooler and executes a private print job spooled in the second spooler in response to input of execution instruction of private print at an operation panel, and a controller which makes effective a change key which changes the normal print job in an execution waiting state of the authenticated user to a private print job of the authenticated user, if the normal print job in the execution waiting state of the authenticated user is selected, moves the selected normal print job spooled in the first spooler to the second spooler as a private print job of the authenticated user in response to an input to the change key, and sets a password to execute the private print job in the private print job changed from the normal print job.