Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• plural print mechanisms corresponding to plural toner colors;
• plural write control units configured to independently control the plural print mechanisms and cause the plural print mechanisms to perform printing of the plural toner colors;
• a first memory area;
• a controller configured to store a setting value for each page into the first memory area;
• and
• plural second memory areas respectively corresponding to the plural write control units;
• wherein one write control unit among the plural write control units transfers the setting value from the first memory area to the second memory area of this write control unit, and applies the setting value stored in the second memory area and causes the corresponding print mechanism to print a page image;
• and
• another write control unit among the plural write control units transfers the setting value to the second memory area of this write control unit from the second memory area of another write control unit among the plural write control units, and applies the setting value stored in the second memory area and causes the corresponding print mechanism to print a page image.