Image forming apparatus and method, and storage medium storing program segment for executing the method

A method of forming an image on a recording sheet, the method comprising:

• associating tray identification information on a plurality of sheet feed trays with sheet type information on sheet types of recording sheets contained in each sheet feed tray of the plurality of sheet feed trays as tray information using a tray information management unit;
• selecting, from among the plurality of sheet feed trays, one sheet feed tray containing a recording sheet of one sheet type designated in an image forming request by referring to the tray information managed by the tray information management unit;
• and
• controlling a sheet feeding operation for feeding the recording sheet from the selected sheet feed tray to form an image on the recording sheet fed from the selected sheet feed tray according to image forming data input with the image forming request.

A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that causes a computer to execute a method of forming an image on a recording sheet,

• the method comprising:
• associating tray identification information on a plurality of sheet feed trays with sheet type information on sheet types of recording sheets contained in each sheet feed tray of the plurality of sheet feed trays as tray information using a tray information management unit;
• selecting, from among the plurality of sheet feed trays, one sheet feed tray containing a recording sheet of one sheet type designated in an image forming request by referring to the tray information managed by the tray information management unit;
• and
• controlling a sheet feeding operation for feeding the recording sheet from the selected sheet feed tray to form an image on the recording sheet fed from the selected sheet feed tray according to image forming data input with the image forming request.