An image forming apparatus includes a receiving device which receives an image and first printing conditions for printing the image from a terminal via a network, a generating device which generates second printing conditions on the basis of the first printing conditions and settings of the image forming apparatus, a comparing device which compares the first and second printing conditions to determine whether or not one or more discrepancies occur between them, a first storage device which stores a table which stores discrepancies to be determined to occur and solutions each of which corresponds to each of the discrepancies, a first setting device which automatically sets, by using the table, a solution among the solutions for each of the discrepancies determined to occur, and a printing device which prints the image on printing conditions in which the one or more discrepancies are solved by the set solution.