摘要 |
An image forming apparatus has a preparation function of preparing print data for every page corresponding to inputted code data, a memory area for storing the print data prepared by the preparing function, a printer function of performing printing corresponding to the print data stored in the memory area when there is any print data stored in the memory area, or corresponding to the print data prepared by the preparation function when no print data is stored by the storage function, and a control circuit for comparing a data amount of the print data with an empty capacity of the memory area and for controlling the memory area so as to store the print data when the empty capacity is larger than the data amount or for controlling the storage area so as not to store the print data and controlling thereafter each means such that the data amount is not compared with the empty capacity when the data amount is smaller than the empty amount.
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