Patent ID: 8860995

Claim:
An image formation apparatus which is configured to communicate with an external device and which is configured to form an image based on a print data, wherein the print data is associated with a print setting, sent from the external device, the apparatus comprising: a request receiving section configured to receive a check request, from the external device, with respect to the print setting; a response section configured to respond to the external device with a check result after the request receiving section receives the check request; a data receiving section configured to receive the print data associated with the print setting from the external device after the response section responds to the external device; a printing section configured to execute printing based on the print data received by the data receiving section; a preparation operation section configured to execute a preparation operation for printing based on the print data; and a judgment section configured to judge as to whether or not the print setting satisfies a start condition for starting the preparation operation under a condition that the request receiving section receives the check request; wherein: under a condition that the request receiving section receives the check request and the judgment section judges that the print setting satisfies the start condition, the preparation operation section starts the preparation operation corresponding to the print setting before the data receiving section receives the print data; and under a condition that the request receiving section receives the check request and the judgment section judges that the print setting does not satisfy the start condition, the preparation operation section does not start the preparation operation corresponding to the print setting before the data receiving section receives the print data.