Patent ID: 9444960
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a sheet accommodating portion that is attachable to and removable from an apparatus body and that is configured to accommodate a sheet therein; a detecting part configured to detect the presence/absence of a sheet in the sheet accommodating portion; a fixing part configured to fix a detection status to a sheet absent state in response to the sheet accommodating portion being not attached to the apparatus body; an informing part configured to inform a user of a status of the apparatus; and a control part configured to cause the informing part to inform the user of a possibility of a sheet having been left in the apparatus in response to the status of detection changing from a sheet present state to the sheet absent state during standby when printing is not performed and in response to the sheet accommodating portion being removed from the apparatus body.