Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an operation acceptance section, a storage section, a sheet feed cassette, a plurality of trays, a sorting mechanism, a scanner, a data analyzing section, and a control section. The scanner scans an image of a sheet. The data analyzing section analyzes image data of the sheet scanned by the scanner. When the operation acceptance section accepts a specification of a sorting condition from a user, the control section allows the storage section to store the sorting condition and allows the sorting mechanism to sort the sheet to one of the trays according to the sorting condition using an analysis result of the data analyzing section.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an operation acceptance section, a storage section, a sheet feed cassette, a plurality of trays, a sorting mechanism, a scanner, a data analyzing section, and a control section. The scanner scans an image of a sheet. The data analyzing section analyzes image data of the sheet scanned by the scanner. When the operation acceptance section accepts a specification of a sorting condition from a user, the control section allows the storage section to store the sorting condition and allows the sorting mechanism to sort the sheet to one of the trays according to the sorting condition using an analysis result of the data analyzing section.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a different apparatus detecting section that detects one or more different image forming apparatuses present on a network; an apparatus capability acquisition section that acquires printing capabilities of the different image forming apparatuses; an apparatus selecting section that selects, based on the acquired printing capabilities, at least one different image forming apparatus having a printing capability equivalent to or higher than the present image forming apparatus as an alternative apparatus; a control section that executes a print job; and a print job transfer sections that, when the control section cannot execute the print job, transfers the print job to the alternative apparatus, wherein when the print job transfer section completes the transfer of the print job to the alternative apparatus, the control section allows a display section to display information indicating that the print job has been transferred and a destination for the transfer.