Image forming apparatus that displays job list

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a display section;
• an operating section operable by a user;
• a job list generating section that generates a job list showing a plurality of executed jobs;
• a determination section that, when a predetermined word or character string representing confidentiality is contained in one of the jobs, determines the job to be confidential;
• and
• a display control section that allows the display section to display the job list generated by the job list generating section but, in presence of the job determined to be confidential by the determination section, allows the display section to display the jobs other than the job determined to be confidential on a display screen by excluding the job determined to be confidential from the job list,
• wherein when a keyword is input by an operation of the operating section and the input keyword is contained in the job determined to be confidential, the display control section allows the display section to display the job determined to be confidential, and
• the determination section acquires the word or character string representing confidentiality from a name of the job.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a display section;
• an operating section operable by a user;
• a job list generating section that generates a job list showing a plurality of executed jobs;
• a determination section that, when a predetermined word or character string representing confidentiality is contained in one of the jobs, determines the job to be confidential;
• and
• a display control section that allows the display section to display the job list generated by the job list generating section but, in presence of the job determined to be confidential by the determination section, allows the display section to display the jobs other than the job determined to be confidential on a display screen by excluding the job determined to be confidential from the job list,
• wherein when a keyword is input by an operation of the operating section and the input keyword is contained in the job determined to be confidential, the display control section allows the display section to display the job determined to be confidential,
• the image forming apparatus further comprises a character recognition section that analyzes an image contained in the job to recognize characters or character strings contained in the image, and
• the determination section acquires the word or character string representing confidentiality from among the characters or character strings recognized by the character recognition section.