Patent ID: 6674981
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus having a plurality of cassettes for containing paper sheets, and forming an image on a paper sheet fed from one of the cassettes, the apparatus comprising:a designating section which designates the cassette in which a paper sheet for image formation by the image forming apparatus is to be set; an image read section which reads an image of the paper sheet to be set in the cassette designated by the designating section, when said paper sheet is placed on an original table; and a control section which executes a control to detect the size of the paper sheet on the basis of the image read by the image read section and causes a display section provided on an operation panel of the image forming apparatus to display the detected size of the paper sheet, wherein the control section causes a display section provided on the cassette designated by the designating section to display the detected size of the paper sheet.