Image forming apparatus having detection unit for detecting sheet characteristics and method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYOHEI KATTO, SEITA INOUE
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet includes a stacking unit on which sheets are stacked, a conveyance unit that conveys a sheet from the stacking unit, a detection unit that detects characteristics of the sheet, a display unit that displays information, and a control unit that controls the display unit, wherein, in a mode where the detection unit detects the characteristics of the sheet, the control unit controls the display unit to display a screen for inputting information about a sheet shape.
Claims14
An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet, comprising:
- a stacking unit on which sheets are stacked;
- a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet from the stacking unit;
- a detection unit configured to detect characteristics of the sheet;
- a display unit configured to display information;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the display unit,
- wherein, in a mode where the detection unit detects the characteristics of the sheet, the control unit controls the display unit to display a screen for inputting information about a sheet shape.
A method for controlling an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet and includes a stacking unit for stacking sheets and a conveyance unit that conveys sheets from the stacking unit, the method comprising:
- detecting characteristics of the sheet;
- displaying information;
- and
- displaying, in a mode where the characteristics of the sheet are detected, a screen for inputting information about a sheet shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.