Patent ID: 8174715

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a memory connecting portion, to which an external memory is detachably connectable; a detecting portion configured to detect a connection state of the external memory; a printing portion configured to print an image based on an image file to be printed which is stored in the external memory; a controller configured to perform an automatic printing processing in which the controller is configured to cause the printing portion to automatically start printing the image without user interaction in response to the detecting portion detecting connection of the external memory to the memory connecting portion; a display portion configured to display information for identifying a plurality of image files stored in the external memory; and a selecting portion configured to allow a user to operatively select an image file to be printed from among the plurality of image files with reference to the information displayed on the display portion; and a print selecting portion, wherein after the automatic printing processing ends, the controller is configured to perform a selective printing processing in which the controller controls the display portion to display the information and controls the printing portion to print an image based on the image file selected by the selecting portion, wherein the print selection portion is configured to allow a user to operatively select whether or not the controller performs the selective printing processing after the automatic printing processing ends, and wherein when a user selects that the controller not perform the selective printing processing after the automatic printing processing ends, and when disconnection of the external memory from the memory connecting portion is detected by the detecting portion, the controller is configured to enter a standby state in which the controller is enabled to perform the automatic printing processing.