Patent ID: 8514432

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising a sheet supply unit to store a sheet, comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a print job including print setting information and rendering data; an executing unit configured to execute, when the sheet supply unit is set as a setting value of a sheet included in the print setting information, printing processing using the sheet stored in the sheet supply unit; a setting unit configured to set an output article form matching function such that a printed material output in the printing processing by the executing unit and a printed material output in reprinting processing by the executing unit have a matched output form; a changing unit configured to change the setting value of the sheet from the sheet supply unit to a type of sheet used by the printing processing after the executing unit executes the printing processing, when the output article form matching function is set; and a generating unit configured to generate the print setting information including the type of sheet changed by the changing unit, wherein reprinting processing is executed using the print setting information including the type of sheet changed by the changing unit.