Image Forming Apparatus

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• an image forming device configured to form an image on a recording medium;
• a communication device configured to perform data communication with an external image forming apparatus;
• and
• a controller,
• the image forming device comprising, as a mode of image forming, a first mode and a low noise mode in which operation noise in image forming is less than that in the first mode,
• the controller being configured to perform:
• controlling the communication device to receive image data from the external image forming apparatus, the image data relating to image forming on at least one recording medium in image forming on a plurality of recording media for which the external image forming apparatus is instructed, the image forming on at least one recording medium being to be performed by the image forming apparatus on behalf of the external image forming apparatus;
• setting the operation mode to the low noise mode in response to receiving, from the external image forming apparatus, the image data and an instruction indicating that the image forming apparatus should perform the image forming in the low noise mode;
• and
• controlling the image forming device to form at least one image based on the received image data.

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• an image forming device configured to form an image on a recording medium;
• a communication device configured to perform data communication with at least one external image forming apparatus;
• and
• a controller configured to perform:
• receiving an image forming instruction for forming image of a plurality of pages;
• determining whether a mode of image forming to be performed by the image forming device is a first mode or a second mode, in response to receiving the image forming instruction, the first mode being a mode in which a speed of the image forming is a first speed, the second mode being a mode in which the speed of the image forming is a second speed less than the first speed;
• in response to determining that the mode is the second mode, determining a first external image forming apparatus;
• determining first image data on a first image, the first image being of at least one page of the plurality of pages;
• determining second image data on a second image, the second image being of at least another page of the plurality of pages;
• controlling the communication device to transmit the first image data to the first external image forming apparatus;
• and
• controlling the image forming device to form the second image on the recording medium.