Patent ID: 8248629

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an accepting section connected between a plurality of user terminals via a network and accepting print jobs from the plurality of user terminals; a job managing section managing a plurality of print jobs having been accepted by the accepting section and executing print jobs subjected to management in a predetermined order; a determining section making a determination on whether a print job having been accepted by the accepting section is a job related to a reserved low-key print setting; and a power mode control section taking control of changing power mode of the apparatus among a plurality of power levels according to at least a predetermined time passing without a print job; wherein the job managing section acquires from the power mode control section a timing when the power mode of the apparatus changes to a power saving mode, and acquires from the determining section a determination that the job having been accepted by the accepting section is a reserved low-key print setting job, and wherein while the apparatus is in the power savings mode the job managing section queues the accepted reserved low-key print setting job for printout, and at least a portion of said queued, reserved low-key print setting job is printed while in power savings mode.