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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Okada, Toride, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a receiver that receives a first job and a second job in that order, and a controller that suspends, in a case where a predetermined condition for execution of the first job is not satisfied, execution of the first and the second jobs. The controller starts, if it is determined that the first job is a job specified to require the user confirmation for execution of the job, execution of the suspended second job in response to an elapse of a predetermined time period in a state that the predetermined condition is not satisfied, and the controller does not start, if it is determined that the first job is the job specified to require the user confirmation for execution of the job and the predetermined time period elapses in a state that the predetermined condition is not being satisfied, execution of the second job.