An image forming apparatus includes an acquiring section, a storing section, a total-calculating section, a determining section, and an image forming section. The acquiring section acquires, from each of one or more pre-designated target persons, a printing requirement notification indicating whether or not the target person requires printing, and further indicating a number of required copies when the target person requires printing. The storing section stores output target data. The total-calculating section calculates, based on one or more printing requirement notifications acquired by the acquiring section, a total number of required copies indicated by the printing requirement notifications. The determining section determines a final number of copies to be printed based on a calculation result of the total-calculating section. The image forming section prints an image based on the output target data in accordance with the final number of copies determined by the determining section.