Image forming apparatus performing short-range wireless communication

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a near field communication unit configured to make a short-range wireless communication with a portable information processing device including a display unit;
• a recognition unit configured to recognize a portable information processing device that is within a communicable range through communication via the near field communication unit;
• a job setting unit configured to transmit data for displaying a job setting screen on the display unit of the recognized portable information processing device, via the near field communication unit, the job setting screen being displayed for selecting and setting a job among a plurality of jobs which are capable of being processed;
• and
• a job control unit configured to execute the selected job in response to a start instruction thereof, wherein
• the job setting unit receives a job setting, which is made by using the job setting screen, via the near field communication unit after the recognition to receive the job setting from the portable information processing device, and
• the job control unit receives a start instruction for the job whose job setting is received.