摘要 |
An image forming apparatus processing a plurality of jobs in parallel includes an auxiliary storage device that includes a box, a memory, a PDL-to-box unit, and a box-to-print unit. In response to a request to store a document file in the box, the PDL-to-box unit stores, as an ensured memory size, a size of the memory used in the image-input-to-box function, in the auxiliary storage device by associating the size of the memory with a document file in the box. In response to a request to image-output the document file within the box, the box-to-print unit reads out the ensured memory size, secures an area of the ensured memory size in the memory, and image-outputs the content of the document file. |