Patent ID: 8804171

Claim:
A printing apparatus capable of processing a print job and forming an image on a recording sheet based on the print job, comprising: a processor; and memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the printing apparatus to function as: a first determining system configured to examine an image-forming condition of the printing apparatus and determine as to whether the printing apparatus is under a condition of lowered image-forming quality; a second determining system configured to examine an attribute of the print job and determine, based on the attribute, whether the print job requires a predetermined level of image-forming quality, which is higher than the lowered image-forming quality, when the first determining system determines that the printing apparatus is under the condition of the lowered image-forming quality; and a restricting system configured to: restrict execution of the print job at least partially when the first determining system determines that the printing apparatus is under the condition of the lowered image-forming quality and the second determining system determines that the print job requires the predetermined level of image-forming quality, which is higher than the lowered image-forming quality; and not restrict execution of the print job when the first determining system determines that the printing apparatus is not under the condition of the lowered image-forming quality or the second determining system determines that the print job does not require the predetermined level of image-forming quality, which is higher than the lowered image-forming quality.