主权项 |
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a communication processing unit that receives an image forming request for requesting image forming through a predetermined communication network, and controls reception of image forming data for forming an image corresponding to the image forming request; an operation unit that accepts a first operation indicating a start operation of secure image forming; and an image forming unit that forms the image according to the image forming data when the image forming data is received by the communication processing unit, wherein the image forming request includes a first image forming request indicating a secure image forming request, and a second image forming request indicating a non-secure image forming request, the image forming data includes first image forming data corresponding to the first image forming request, and second image forming data corresponding to the second image forming request, and when the first image forming request and the second image forming request are found, the communication processing unit receives the first image forming request and the second image forming request, stores information on the first image forming request and the second image forming request, and also receives the first image forming data and the second image forming data, and when the first operation is accepted through the operation unit, the communication processing unit receives the first image forming request and the second image forming request, stores information on the first image forming request and the second image forming request, and also suspends reception of the second image forming data wait while receiving the first image forming data. |