Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• a receiving section for receiving a plurality of print jobs each of which contains a corresponding original user information;
• a job managing section for storing the plurality of print jobs as jobs-in-queue;
• an executing section for executing the jobs-in-queue each of which is a currently executed job when it is executed;
• a controller for causing the executing section to execute the jobs-in-queue in sequence;
• an error detecting section for detecting occurrence of an error in the executing section when the currently executed job is being executed, and then for obtaining error information indicative of the error from the executing section;
• a determining section for determining, based on the error information, whether the currently executed job should be placed on hold;
• an updating section for updating the job managing section by storing the currently executed job as a job-on-hold into the job managing section if the determining section determines that the currently executed job should be placed on hold;
• a log-in section for an operator user to input operator user information for log-in authentication;
• a log-in authenticating section for performing authentication of the operator user based on the operator user information;
• a user name comparing section for searching, upon establishment of the authentication, the job managing section to determine whether the operator user information and the original user information contained in the job-on-hold coincide;
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• a displaying section for indicating to the operator user that a job-on-hold exists, the indication being made if the operator user information coincides with the original user information contained in the job-on-hold.