Patent ID: 8672324
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: B65H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet to create a printed material; a stacking unit including a plurality of trays for stacking the printed material created by the image forming unit, wherein each tray is one type of a plurality of types of trays; a detecting unit configured to detect, for a given type of tray, whether each tray in the given type of tray is able to receive additional printed material; and a notifying unit configured to notify a warning, wherein, in a case where a number of trays in the given type of tray that are able to receive additional printed material as detected by the detecting unit is less than a predetermined number, the notifying unit notifies the warning such that the warning is distinguishable according to the type of tray for which the warning is notified.