Patent ID: 8049911

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an operating unit that displays information for a user and inputs an instruction from the user; an image forming unit that carries out a print job to thereby form an image on a recording sheet; an abnormality detecting unit that detects an abnormality of the image formed on the recording sheet after the image is formed on the recording sheet by said image forming unit; a controller that controls suspending the print job when the abnormality is detected by said abnormality detecting unit during the print job being carried out by said image forming unit, in the case where the print job is a print job for printing images on at least one set of a plurality of pages; and a display controller that causes said operating unit to display a screen for prompting the user to give an instruction as to whether to continue the print job after the print job is suspended, and display identification information for identifying the recording sheet on which image is detected to be abnormal; wherein in the case where the instruction from the user inputted to said operating unit indicates continuing the suspended print job, said controller resumes the suspended print job without retrying the formation of the image detected to be abnormal on a recording sheet; in the case where the instruction from the user inputted to said operating unit indicates cancelling the suspended print job, said controller cancels the suspended print job without retrying the formation of the image detected to be abnormal on a recording sheet; and in the case where the instruction from the user inputted to said operating unit indicates retrying the suspended print job and a page selected by the user among the at least one set of the plurality of pages, said controller resumes the suspended job from forming the image on the page selected by the user.