Image forming apparatus, job execution apparatus, and job execution method

A job execution apparatus, comprising:

• a job execution portion;
• a connecting portion for detachably connecting an external storage;
• a detection portion for detecting connection to the connecting portion of the external storage;
• a stored information reading portion for reading stored information of the external storage based on connection detection of the external storage by the detection portion;
• an internal storage portion for storing the read stored information;
• and
• a job administration portion for making the job execution portion execute a job about the stored information stored in the internal storage portion and for registering the job about the stored information as a processing wait job when the job execution portion is executing another job.

A job execution method, comprising:

• a step of detecting connection of an external storage to a connecting means for detachably connecting the external storage;
• a step of reading stored information of the external storage based on connection detection of the external storage by the detection step;
• a step of storing the read stored information in a storage means;
• a step of executing a job about the stored information stored in the storage means;
• and
• a step of registering the job about the stored information as a processing wait job when another job is being executed in the executing step.