Image forming apparatus, image forming system, sheet feeding source designation control method, image formation control method, and storage media

An image forming system comprising an image forming apparatus for forming images on sheets based on an image input operation, and an external apparatus for data communication with said image forming apparatus, wherein said image forming apparatus comprises:

• a manual sheet feeding unit that manually feeds sheets;
• a sheet designating unit that designates sheet information of the sheets fed by said manual sheet feeding unit;
• a sheet information storing unit that stores the sheet information designated by said sheet designating unit;
• and
• a display unit that displays the designated sheet information and other sheet information corresponding to other sheet feeding units each of which a user is allowed to select as a sheet feeding source after completion of the designation of the sheet information by said sheet designating unit,
• wherein said external apparatus has a function of transmitting image data to said image forming apparatus.

A storage medium storing a computer-executable program for executing a method of controlling designation of a sheet feeding source in an image forming apparatus for forming images on sheets based on an image input operation, the image forming apparatus having a manual sheet feeding unit that manually feeds sheets, the method comprising:

• a sheet designating step of designating sheet information of the sheets fed by the manual sheet feeding unit;
• a sheet information storing step of storing the sheet information designated in said sheet designating step;
• and
• a display step of displaying the designated sheet information and other sheet information corresponding to other sheet feeding units each of which a user is allowed to select as a sheet feeding source after completion of the designation of the sheet information in said sheet designating step.

A storage medium storing a computer-executable program for controlling designation of a sheet feeding source applied to an image forming apparatus for forming images on sheets based on an image input operation, the image forming apparatus having a manual sheet feeding unit that manually feeds sheets, the program comprising:

• a sheet designating module for designating sheet information of the sheets fed by the manual sheet feeding unit;
• a sheet information storing module for storing the sheet information designated by said sheet designating module;
• and
• a display module for displaying the designated sheet information and other sheet information corresponding to other sheet feeding units each of which a user is allowed to select as a sheet feeding source after completion of the designation of the sheet information by said sheet designating module.

An image forming apparatus for forming images on sheets based on an image input operation, comprising:

• a manual sheet feeding unit that manually feeds sheets;
• a first sheet designation unit that designates first sheet information of the sheets fed by said manual sheet feeding unit during execution of a first image forming job;
• and
• a second sheet designation unit that designates second sheet information of the sheets fed by said manual sheet feeding unit during execution of a second image forming job, the first sheet information and the second sheet information being independent from each other,
• wherein the first image forming job is executed by using the first sheet information independently of the designation of the second sheet information.

A method of controlling image formation applied to an image forming apparatus for forming images on sheets based on an image input operation, the image forming apparatus having manual sheet feeding unit that manually feeds sheets, the method comprising:

• a first sheet designation step of designating first sheet information of the sheets fed by the manual sheet feeding unit during execution of a first image forming job;
• and
• a second sheet designation step of designating second sheet information of the sheets fed by the manual sheet feeding unit during execution of a second image forming job, the first sheet information and the second sheet information being independent from each other,
• wherein the first image forming job is executed by using the first sheet information independently of the designation of the second sheet information.

An image forming system comprising an image forming apparatus for forming images on sheets based on an image input operation, and an external apparatus for data communication with said image forming apparatus, wherein said image forming apparatus comprises:

• a manual sheet feeding unit that manually feeds sheets;
• a first sheet designation unit that designates first sheet information of the sheets fed by said manual sheet feeding unit during execution of a first image forming job;
• and
• a second sheet designation unit that designates second sheet information of the sheets fed by said manual sheet feeding unit during execution of second image forming job, the first sheet information and the second sheet information being independent from each other,
• wherein:
• the first image forming job is executed by using the first sheet information independently of the designation of the second sheet information;
• and
• said external apparatus has a function of transmitting image data to said image forming apparatus.

A storage medium storing a computer-executable program for executing a method of controlling image formation in an image forming apparatus for forming images on sheets based on an image input operation, the image forming apparatus having manual sheet feeding unit that manually feeds sheets, the method comprising:

• a first sheet designation step of designating first sheet information of the sheets fed by the manual sheet feeding unit during execution of a first image forming job;
• and
• a second sheet designation step of designating second sheet information of the sheets fed by the manual sheet feeding unit during execution of a second image forming job, the first sheet information and the second sheet information being independent from each other,
• wherein the first image forming job is executed by using the first sheet information independently of the designation of the second sheet information.

A storage medium storing a computer-executable program for controlling image formation in an image forming apparatus for forming images on sheets based on an image input operation, the image forming apparatus having manual sheet feeding unit that manually feeds sheets, the program comprising:

• a first sheet designation module for designating first sheet information of the sheets fed by the manual sheet feeding unit during execution of a first image forming job;
• and
• a second sheet designation module for designating second sheet information of the sheets fed by the manual sheet feeding unit during execution of a second image forming job, the first sheet information and the second sheet information being independent from each other,
• wherein the first image forming job is executed by using the first sheet information independently of the designation of the second sheet information.