Image forming apparatus with multiple toner containers for each same color fitted therein, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium with operation control program stored therein

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image forming device that comprises a plurality of toner containers for each same color fitted therein and does printing, the image forming device further comprising, for the plurality of toner containers, respective removal restricting devices that restrict removal of the respective associated toner containers;
• and
• a control device that comprises a processor and functions as an operation controller through the processor executing a control program,
• wherein the operation controller manages an in-use container which is, among the plurality of toner containers, the toner container used for execution of the printing, allows the removal restricting device for the in-use container to restrict the removal of the in-use container during the execution of printing, and lifts, during the execution of printing, restriction imposed by the other removal restricting devices on the removal of the toner containers other than the in-use container.