Patent ID: 8115958

Claim:
An image forming apparatus to which a user can login, the image forming apparatus having a communication function to communicate with an external device and an image recording function to perform printing based on print data, the image forming apparatus comprising: a login management unit that manages login information of a user, a storage unit that stores print data of a print job received from the external device, and a control unit, wherein when a print job is introduced from the external device while the control unit recognizes a state of a user being logged in the login management unit, the control unit temporarily stores the print data of the print job received from the external device in the storage unit and then when the control unit detects a logout with termination of the login state in the login management unit, the control unit starts printing of the print job received from the external device stored in the storage unit; and the control unit can set a time from the detection of the logout with the termination of the login state in the login management unit until the start of printing of the print job received from the external device stored in the storage unit.