Patent ID: 8503006

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a registering portion for registering at least one computing device in said image forming apparatus, wherein a registered computing device is authorized to transmit print jobs to said image forming apparatus; a receiving portion for receiving a print job from a first user, said print job including at least (i) information of a recipient corresponding to a second user who receives a printed material obtained by said print job and (ii) a setting of said print job, set by the first user, including at least a layout setting and a setting for timing of notification to the recipient; a determination portion for determining if a computing device used by the first user is registered in said registering portion; a notifying portion for notifying said recipient, when said print job is received by said receiving portion, of a presence of said print job based on said information on said recipient of said print job, wherein (i) when said computing device used by said first user is determined to be unregistered, said recipient is notified prior to printing said print job, regardless of the timing of notification setting set by the first user, so that said recipient is prompted to review said print job of said unregistered computing device prior to printing said print job and (ii) when said computing device used by said first user is determined to be registered, said recipient is notified according to the timing of notification setting set by the first user; a first accepting portion for accepting, from the recipient, a print start instruction relating to said print job after said notifying portion notifies said recipient; a second accepting portion for accepting, from the recipient, a change of the layout setting of said print job set by the first user; and a printing portion executing said print job based on the layout setting changed by the recipient in response to an accepted print start instruction.