IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT CANCELS JOB UPON OCCURRENCE OF ERROR, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

An image forming apparatus which is capable of canceling jobs upon a lapse of a predetermined time period depending on types of the jobs. Whether or not to cancel a job is determined with respect to each type of jobs. When occurrence of an error related to printing is detected during printing of a job, the job is suspended. When a time period of grace set in advance has elapsed since the job was suspended, the suspended job is canceled in a case where a setting to perform cancellation is made for a type of the suspended job.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a first setting unit configured to set whether to cancel a job with respect to each of predetermined types of jobs, wherein the first setting unit is capable of making a setting to cancel a job with respect to one of the predetermined types of jobs but not to cancel a job with respect to another of the predetermined types of jobs; a second setting unit configured to set a time period of grace; a detecting unit configured to detect occurrence of an error related to printing; a suspending unit configured to, based on the detection of occurrence of the error, suspend the job; and a cancellation unit configured to, on a condition that a time period of grace set by the second setting unit has elapsed since the job was suspended by the suspending unit, cancel the suspended job in a case where a setting to perform cancellation is made for a type of the suspended job by the first setting unit.