Image forming apparatus, controlling method of image forming apparatus, and storing medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNaoyuki Yanagi, Hitomi Ogawa
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Abstract
In case of supplying sheets to a sheet holding unit, information concerning a depository of the sheet to be supplied is registered. Thus, it is possible to efficiently make a transition of work to supply work by reducing a load of the supply work to be performed by various users.
Claims10
1-7. (canceled)
An image forming apparatus, which forms an image on a sheet conveyed from at least one of a plurality of sheet holding units, comprising:
- a selecting unit configured to select a sheet holding unit from the plurality of sheet holding units;
- a receiving unit configured to receive a message from a user for the sheet holding unit selected by the selecting unit;
- a storing unit configured to store the message received by the receiving unit;
- and
- a notification unit configured to perform a notification based on the message stored in the storing unit for the sheet holding unit selected by the selecting unit, in a case where an amount of sheets stored in the sheet holding unit selected by the selecting unit becomes a predetermined amount,
- wherein at least one of the selecting unit, the receiving unit, the storing unit, and the notification unit is implemented by a processor coupled to a memory.
A control method for an image forming apparatus, which forms an image on a sheet conveyed from at least one of a plurality of sheet holding units, the control method comprising:
- selecting a sheet holding unit from the plurality of sheet holding units;
- receiving a message from a user for the selected sheet holding unit;
- storing, in a storing unit, the received message for the selected sheet holding unit;
- and
- performing a notification based on the message stored in the storing unit for the selected sheet holding unit, in a case where an amount of sheets stored in the selected sheet holding unit becomes a predetermined amount.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that when executed causes a computer to perform a control method for an image forming apparatus, which forms an image on a sheet conveyed from at least one of a plurality of sheet holding units, the control method comprising:
- selecting a sheet holding unit from the plurality of sheet holding units;
- receiving a message from a user for the selected sheet holding unit;
- storing, in a storing unit, the received message for the selected sheet holding unit;
- and
- performing a notification based on the message stored in the storing unit for the selected sheet holding unit, in a case where an amount of sheets stored in the selected sheet holding unit becomes a predetermined amount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.