Patent ID: 8875988

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an information management unit configured to store first card identification information corresponding to first user identification information; a user information storing unit configured to store user information for user authentication; a first receiving unit configured to receive second card identification information; a second receiving unit configured to receive a first password; an acquiring unit configured to acquire the first user identification information corresponding to the second card identification information in the information management unit; a first authentication unit configured to execute an authentication process of the first user identification information and the first password based on the user information; a request receiving unit configured to receive a request of executing a job when the authentication process is successful; a monitoring unit configured to monitor a status of the apparatus; a determining unit configured to determine whether the apparatus is in a status for executing the requested job on each of at least one of the data items that is set as a target of the job based on the status of the apparatus; and an executing unit configured to execute the requested job on the data item for which the determining unit determines that the apparatus is in a status for executing the requested job.