Patent ID: 8730548

Claim:
An image forming apparatus executing a prescribed process based on a set function, comprising: a scanning unit scanning a document for obtaining image data; a determining unit determining a determined document type based on said image data and determination data for identifying a document type; a storage unit storing, for each document type, a stored recommended function recommended to be set in said image forming apparatus; a setting unit, setting the recommended function stored in accordance with said determined document type, in said image forming apparatus; an input unit allowing, when a recommended function in accordance with said determined document type is not stored, a user to input an inputted recommended function recommended to be set in said image forming apparatus; and a forming unit forming a formed recommended function different from the stored recommended function, based on said image data, wherein said determination data is format data stored in a computer-recognizable format for specifying a document type based on ruled lines as characteristic configurations of the document, characteristic arrangement of items, positions to insert a figure or picture and font type and font size; said determining unit includes a form determining unit determining the determined document type based on said image data and said format data; said setting unit includes a changing unit for changing the stored recommended function to a different changed recommended function and setting the changed recommended function in said image forming apparatus.