Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for saving operation history information

An image forming method comprising:

• receiving a print instruction;
• generating output image data in response to the received print instruction;
• storing specification information for specifying a print instruction for which operation history information is to be obtained;
• saving, in a case where specification information of the received print instruction matches the stored specification information, operation history information indicating that image formation processing has been performed by using the output image data in response to the print instruction;
• and
• after switching to a history obtainment mode, and in response to determining that the specification information of the received print instruction matches the stored specification information, controlling a print setting and a print status of an image forming apparatus to be reproduced as a same print setting and print status as a print setting and a print status associated with the stored specification information.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

• receiving a print instruction;
• generating output image data in response to the received print instruction;
• storing specification information for specifying a print instruction for which operation history information is to be obtained;
• saving, in a case where specification information of the received print instruction matches the stored specification information, operation history information indicating that image formation processing has been performed by using the output image data in response to the print instruction;
• and
• after switching to a history obtainment mode, and in response to determining that the specification information of the received print instruction matches the stored specification information, controlling a print setting and a print status of an image forming apparatus to be reproduced as a same print setting and print status as a print setting and a print status associated with the stored specification information.