Patent ID: 8842306

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a post-processing unit configured to execute post-processing for a sheet; a changing unit configured to change a mode of the image forming apparatus from a first mode of permitting formation of an image by the image forming unit to a second mode of restricting formation of an image by the image forming unit and permitting the post-processing unit to execute post-processing; a setting unit configured to set, as a condition for changing the mode of the image forming apparatus from the second mode to the first mode, a first condition for changing the mode of the image forming apparatus without a user instruction for changing the mode from the second mode to the first mode or a second condition for changing the mode of the image forming apparatus in accordance with the user instruction; and a control unit configured to control to change the mode of the image forming apparatus from the second mode to the first mode in accordance with the condition set by the setting unit.