Image forming apparatus that generates log image, image forming system, and non-transitory recording medium

An image forming system comprising:

• an image forming apparatus coupled to a network;
• and
• a server coupled to the network,
• wherein the image forming apparatus includes
• an image output unit configured to output an image,
• a nonvolatile storage unit configured to store information even in the event of a power interruption,
• an original-image generating device configured to generate an original image in the nonvolatile storage unit, the original image being an image on which an output image to be outputted by the image output unit is based,
• a log-image generating device configured to generate a log image based on the original image, the log image serving as a log of the output image, and
• a log-image transmitting device configured to transmit the log image generated by the log-image generating device to the server;
• the server includes
• a log-image storage device configured to store the log image, and
• a log-image writing device configured to write the log image transmitted from the image forming apparatus to the log-image storage device;
• and
• the image forming apparatus is started, if the original image is stored in the nonvolatile storage unit, the log-image generating device generates the log image based on the original image stored in the nonvolatile storage unit.

A non-transitory recording medium that stores a program executed by an image forming apparatus including an image output unit configured to output an image, and a nonvolatile storage unit configured to store information even in the event of a power interruption,

• the program causing the image forming apparatus to function as:
• an original-image generating device configured to generate an original image in the nonvolatile storage unit, the original image being an image on which an output image to be outputted by the image output unit is based, and
• a log-image generating device configured to generate a log image based on the original image, the log image serving as a log of the output image,
• when the image forming apparatus is started, if the original image is stored in the nonvolatile storage unit, the log-image generating device generates the log image based on the original image stored in the nonvolatile storage unit.