IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image formation apparatus that suppresses generation of a down time resulting from that an operator is unable to supply or replace consumables.SOLUTION: An image formation apparatus changes the execution order of jobs when the execution order of the jobs can be changed so that the predicted time when supply or replacement of a consumption agent is necessary does not come in a time zone in which neither the supply nor the replacement specified by an operator can be completed.