Image forming apparatus and image forming method with continuous printing

An image forming apparatus which performs printing based on a print job, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• a memory containing instructions;
• and
• at least one processor executing the instructions to:
• determine whether printing for a first print job and a second print job having been received after the first print job can be made continuously,
• in a case where it is determined that the printing for the first print job and the second print job can be made continuously, feed print media to be used for printing for the second print job to a conveyance path before completing outputting a printout for the first print job, and
• in a case where a number of copies to be printed for the first print job and a number of copies to be printed for the second print job are both greater than or equal to a predetermined number of copies, or in a case where the number of copies to be printed for the first print job and the number of copies to be printed for the second print job are both less than the predetermined number of copies, determine that the printing for the first print job and the second print job can be made continuously.