Image forming apparatus capable of avoiding mixture of prints, image forming method
US11082574B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 19, 2020 |
| Grant date | Aug 3, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D10/00
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of discharge portions, an execution control portion, and a permission/nonpermission setting portion. The execution control portion is capable of, in a case where a print process is to be executed in a state where there are one or more sheets in a specific discharge portion that is preliminarily set from among the plurality of discharge portions, holding an execution of the print process, wherein in the print process, an image is formed on a sheet and the sheet with the image is discharged to the specific discharge portion. The permission/nonpermission setting portion sets, in response to a user operation, whether to permit or not permit holding of the execution of the print process by the execution control portion.
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