Image forming apparatus and control method able to detect a bound document during feeding

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

• conveying, by a conveyer, a document placed on a document tray;
• reading, by a reader, an image on the conveyed document;
• printing, by a printer, the read image on a sheet;
• binding, by a binder, the sheet on which the image is printed;
• suspending, according to detection that the conveyed document is a bound document, conveyance of the document;
• and
• displaying, by a display, a screen for prompting a user to start reading of the document of which the conveyance is suspended,
• wherein the screen is a screen capable of receiving a setting of a binding process to be executed.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a conveyer that conveys a document placed on a document tray;
• a reader that reads an image on the document conveyed by the conveyer;
• a printer that prints on a sheet the image read by the reader;
• a binder that binds the sheet on which the image is printed by the printer;
• a controller that suspends;
• conveyance of the document that is bound according to detection that the document conveyed by the conveying unit is a bound document;
• and
• a display that displays a screen for prompting a user to start reading of the document of which the conveyance is suspended by the controller,
• wherein the screen is a screen for giving a notification that a setting of a binding process to be executed by the binder is not set for a job that is being executed.

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

• conveying, by a conveyer, a document placed on a document tray;
• reading, by a reader, an image on the conveyed document;
• printing, by a printer, on a sheet the read image;
• binding, by a binder, the sheet on which the image is printed;
• suspending, by a controller, conveyance of the document that is bound according to detection that the conveyed document is a bound document;
• and
• displaying, by a display, a screen for prompting a user to start reading of the document of which the conveyance is suspended,
• wherein the screen is a screen for giving a notification that a setting of a binding process to be executed is not set.