Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus that includes an image forming device that forms an image and performs printing on recording paper, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• a storage device that stores relationships between each keyword and operation mechanisms to be released from a predefined power saving state;
• a receiver that receives a voice instruction;
• and a controller that includes a processor and, through the processor executing a control program, executes a job in accordance with content of the voice instruction received by the receiver and brings a plurality of operation mechanisms provided in the image forming apparatus into predefined power saving state, wherein in a case where the receiver receives the voice instruction when the image forming apparatus is in the power saving state, the controller releases the operation mechanisms associated with a keyword indicated by the voice instruction received by the receiver from the power saving state and brings the operation mechanisms into an ordinary operating state, and causes the operation mechanisms not associated with the keyword indicated by the voice instruction to be maintained in the power saving state.