Image Forming Apparatus and Job Information Management Method

A management method of job information in an image forming apparatus including a first storage section to store a plurality of pieces of job information each having a plurality of data items corresponding to a plurality of items and a second storage section to store read-out definition information in which one or more of the items to be read out from each of the pieces of job information are set,

• the management method, comprising:
• accepting an instruction to read out one or more of the pieces of job information;
• extracting one or more of the data items corresponding to one or more of the items set in the read-out definition information from each of the one or more of the pieces of job information by referring the read-out definition information stored in the second storage section when the instruction is accepted;
• and
• outputting the extracted one or more of the data items.