摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To deter a printing request of a user, who lies near a device, from having to wait due to a printing request of a user who does not lie near the device.SOLUTION: An image formation device according to the present invention includes: a communication unit that is connected to an external device over a network and can receive image data of the external device; a control unit that gives a priority order to the image data which the communication unit has received from the external device; a printing unit that prints the image data received from the external device and image data, which is requested to be printed within a local area of the device, according to the priority orders; and a timer unit that is activated when the priority order is given and that senses elapse of a set time. The control unit lowers the priority order with the elapse of the set time sensed by the timer unit. |