Image formation apparatus

An image formation apparatus comprising:

• an image formation unit configured to perform printing to print images on media based on a print job having plural pages;
• a setting unit comprising an operator panel configured to receive an input of a number of sheets corresponding to one or more pages of the plural pages as a print pause sheet number, which is the number of sheets to be printed before a print pause;
• a discharge unit comprising rollers configured to transport a group of printed media according to the print pause sheet number set in the setting unit from a discharge port toward an outside and perform a holding operation to hold a part of the group of printed media with being exposed to the outside from the discharge port;
• and
• a controller configured to control the discharge unit to perform the holding operation, wherein
• the controller is configured to cause the discharge unit (i) to perform the holding operation to hold a part of a first group of printed media corresponding to a first print pause sheet number set with the setting unit, and (ii) when it is determined that the part of the first group of printed media that is held by the holding operation of the discharge unit is removed from the discharge port, to transport a second group of printed media corresponding to a second print pause sheet number set with the setting unit, from the discharge port toward the outside and to perform the holding operation to hold a part of the second group of the printed media with being exposed to the outside from the discharge port.