Image forming apparatus, non-transitory computer readable recording medium, and information processing method

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium that stores a program executable by a computer of an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus including a first memory area used for image processing, and a second memory area different from the first memory area, the program causing the computer to:

• obtain an interrupt execution instruction of an image forming job, the interrupt execution instruction including image data and execution information, the execution information being to be applied when forming an image of the image data;
• suspend a prior image forming job being executed by using the first memory area;
• and
• as a first interrupt processing,
• generate printable data by applying the execution information to image data of the suspended prior image forming job,
• write the generated printable data in the second memory area,
• delete the prior image forming job from the first memory area to free the first memory area,
• execute an interrupt image forming job of the interrupt execution instruction by using the first memory area, the prior image forming job having been deleted from the first memory area, and
• retrieve the printable data written in the second memory area and form an image by using the retrieved printable data to execute the suspended prior image forming job.

An information processing method, comprising:

• by an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus including a first memory area used for image processing, and a second memory area different from the first memory area,
• obtaining an interrupt execution instruction of an image forming job, the interrupt execution instruction including image data and execution information, the execution information being to be applied when forming an image of the image data;
• suspending a prior image forming job being executed by using the first memory area;
• and
• as a first interrupt processing,
• generating printable data by applying the execution information to image data of the suspended prior image forming job,
• writing the generated printable data in the second memory area,
• deleting the prior image forming job from the first memory area to free the first memory area,
• executing an interrupt image forming job of the interrupt execution instruction by using the first memory area, the prior image forming job having been deleted from the first memory area, and
• retrieving the printable data written in the second memory area and forming an image by using the retrieved printable data to execute the suspended prior image forming job.