Patent ID: 8614801

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a confirm printed material instruction to confirm printed material of a printing job during printing processing of the printing job, wherein the printing job includes at least one page printed on a specialized recording medium for printing; a first determining unit configured to determine a first page to be printed, as a confirmation page, from pages included in the printing job according to the confirm printed material instruction received by the receiving unit; a second determining unit configured to determine, when the first page is printed on the specialized recording medium, a second page to be printed as a confirmation page, wherein the second page is printed on a recording medium different from the specialized recording medium from the pages included in the printing job; and a display unit configured to display a screen to enable or disable a function to output an excess recording medium of the specialized recording medium, wherein the specialized recording medium is included in one set composed of a plurality of the specialized recording media, wherein the excess recording medium is a sheet which is excess of the one set, and wherein, during printing processing of the printing job and in response to the confirm printed material instruction, when the first page is printed on the specialized recording medium, the first page is printed in a single specialized recording medium and the second page is printed in two recording media other than the plurality of specialized recording media, and when the first page is not printed on the specialized recording medium, the first page is printed in two recording media other than the plurality of specialized recording media and the second page is printed in a single recording medium other than the plurality of specialized recording media, wherein one of the two printed recording media is the confirmation page as per the confirm printed material instruction.