Image forming apparatus and method of controlling and accessing print job

A control method for an apparatus which includes a display device that displays information and an image forming device that forms an image on a sheet on the basis of a file acquired from an external system that manages files in a directory having a hierarchical structure, the control method comprising:

• acquiring, from the files managed by the external system, storage directory information representing the heirarchical structure of the managed filed, the storage directory information including one or more subfolder in which the managed files are stored;
• determined, from the acquired storage directory information, which of the managed files are files having an extension printable by the image forming apparatus;
• causing the display device to display a folder tree screen including a folder tree and the one or more subfolders based on the storage directory information, wherein subfolders in the folder tree determined to include at least one file with an extension that is printable by the image forming apparatus is displayed to be visibly distinguishable from subfolders in the folder tree determined not to include any files having extensions that are printable by the image forming apparatus;
• and
• causing the image forming device to perform image formation based on a file selected on the folder tree screen.

An image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• a display;
• and
• one or more controllers configured to:
• obtains information identifying a folder tree including one or more subfolders having files stored therein;
• determine, for display on the display, an icon associated with a respective subfolder among at least the one or more subfolders based on an identifier of at least one file stored in the at least the one or more subfolders;
• cause the display to display the folder tree where the at least the one or more subfolders is represented by the determined icon and the determined icon is based on the identifier of the file indicating that the file is printable by the image forming apparatus.