Patent ID: 8711371
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus including a function of executing printing on a preprint sheet, the image forming apparatus comprising: a first determination unit configured to determine whether a printing mechanism in the image forming apparatus is a right-drum type printing mechanism for executing printing from a right side of a sheet or a left-drum type printing mechanism for executing printing from a left side of a sheet; a second determination unit configured to determine whether a paper feed unit selected by a user feeds a sheet by reversing the sheet; and a display control unit configured to display at least one of a first arrangement method indicating that a preprint sheet is placed in the paper feed unit in a state that a content already printed on the preprint sheet faces downward and a second arrangement method indicating that a preprint sheet is placed in the paper feed unit in a state that a content already printed on the preprint sheet faces upward, wherein, in a case where the printing mechanism is the right-drum type printing mechanism and the paper feed unit feeds a sheet by reversing the sheet, the display control unit displays a screen which allows a user to select the first arrangement method and not to select the second arrangement method, wherein, in a case where the printing mechanism is the right-drum type printing mechanism and the paper feed unit feeds a sheet without reversing the sheet, the display control unit displays a screen which allows a user to select the second arrangement method and not to select the first arrangement method, wherein, in a case where the printing mechanism is the left-drum type printing mechanism and the paper feed unit feeds a sheet by reversing the sheet, the display control unit displays a screen which allows a user to select the second arrangement method and not to select the first arrangement method, and wherein, in a case where the printing mechanism is the left-drum type printing mechanism and the paper feed unit feeds a sheet without reversing the sheet, the display control unit displays a screen which allows a user to select the first arrangement method and not to select the second arrangement method.