An image forming machine transitions into a sleep mode at a preset time of day, and keeps the sleep mode for a prescribed interval. The image forming machine includes an I/O interface, a printer, a memory, and a controller. The interface inputs a print job. The printer executes a printing of the print job. The memory stores therein an entirety or part of the print job overlapping the interval of the sleep mode, as a hold job. The controller works to have the memory store the hold job therein, and to have the printer operate after an end of the interval of the sleep mode to execute a printing of the hold job stored in the memory