Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• a case;
• a medium cassette that is detachably installed to the case and capable of selectively loading a plurality of types of mediums;
• a sensor that detects at least first and second states of the medium cassette, the first status being determined when the medium cassette installed in the case moves in a detaching direction and is detached from the case, and the second state being determined when the medium cassette moves in an installing direction, which is an opposite direction from the detaching direction, and is installed in the case after the first status is detected,
• an output part that outputs medium setting promotion information for setting medium type information relating to the type of the medium loaded in the medium cassette;
• and
• a control part that controls an image forming process, which is performed by an image forming unit, using the medium loaded in the medium cassette based on a detection result by the sensor and the medium type information, wherein
• when the second state is detected by the sensor before a predetermined time passes from a detection of the first state by the sensor, the control part causes the medium loaded in the medium cassette to be in a print-ready state without outputting the medium setting promotion information, the print-ready state being defined as the medium is positioned from at a top of the medium cassette to at a spot in front of the image forming unit, and
• when the second state is detected by the sensor after the predetermined time has passed from the detection of the first state by the sensor, the control part causes the medium to be in the print-ready state after outputting the medium setting promotion information.

A medium carrying apparatus, comprising:

• a case;
• a medium cassette that is detachably installed to the case and capable of selectively loading a plurality of types of mediums, each type of mediums being piled in the medium cassette;
• a sensor that detects at least first and second states of the medium cassette, the first status being determined when the medium cassette installed in the case moves in a detaching direction and is detached from the case, and the second state being determined when the medium cassette moves in an installing direction, which is an opposite direction from the detaching direction, and is installed in the case after the first status is detected,
• an output part that outputs medium setting promotion information for setting medium type information relating to the type of the medium loaded in the medium cassette;
• and
• a control part that controls a medium carrying process in which the medium loaded in the medium cassette is carried toward a downstream of a carrying path, based on a detection result by the sensor and the medium type information, wherein
• when the second state is detected by the sensor before a predetermined time passes from a detection of the first state by the sensor, the control part causes the medium loaded in the medium cassette to be in a print-ready state without outputting the medium setting promotion information, the print-ready state being defined as the medium is positioned at a top of the medium cassette, and
• when the second state is detected by the sensor after the predetermined time has passed from the detection of the first state by the sensor, the control part causes the medium to be in the print-ready state after outputting the medium setting promotion information.