Image forming apparatus, control method for image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

A control method for an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• a printer configured to perform print processing on a sheet;
• a puncher configured to punch the sheet printed by the printer;
• a binder provided with a stacking portion on which a plurality of sheets punched by the puncher are to be stacked, the binder being configured to perform a bookbinding process so as to form a bound product in which a binding member penetrates punch holes into the plurality of sheets stacked on the stacking portion;
• and an annunciator configured to notify information, the control method comprising:
• a first detection step of detecting a first jam of a sheet in the binder;
• a second detection step of detecting a second jam of a sheet which occurs upstream of the binder in a conveyance direction of the sheet;
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• a control step of causing the annunciator to notify first instruction information for instructing removal of a sheet and the binding member, which are located in the binder and for which the bookbinding process is incomplete, in a case where the first jam has been detected in the first detection step, and causing the annunciator to notify second instruction information for instructing removal of the second jam, in a case where the second jam has been detected in the second detection step and the first jam has not been detected in the first detection step.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, which stores a program which causes a computer to execute a control method for an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• a printer configured to perform print processing on a sheet;
• a puncher configured to punch the sheet printed by the printer;
• a binder provided with a stacking portion on which a plurality of sheets punched by the puncher are to be stacked, the binder being configured to perform a bookbinding process so as to form a bound product in which a binding member penetrates punch holes into the plurality of sheets stacked on the stacking portion;
• and
• an annunciator configured to notify information, the control method comprising:
• a first detection step of detecting a first jam of a sheet in the binder;
• a second detection step of detecting a second jam of a sheet which occurs upstream of the binder in a conveyance direction of the sheet;
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• a control step of causing the annunciator to notify first instruction information for instructing removal of a sheet and the binding member, which are located in the binder and for which the bookbinding process is incomplete, in a case where the first jam has been detected in the first detection step, and causing the annunciator to notify second instruction information for instructing removal of the second jam in a case where the second jam has been detected in the second detection step and the first jam has not been detected in the first detection step.