Patent ID: 8842299

Claim:
An image forming apparatus having a printing function to discharge a printed material acquired by recording image data included in a printing job received through a network on a recording paper and a scanner function to acquire the image data by reading a manuscript image, comprising: a first discharge tray provided in a discharge space in a body of the apparatus; a second discharge tray other than the first discharge tray; a long-time use judging unit judging whether the scanner function is in use for a long time; a discharge destination selecting unit; and a slot unit connected with an external memory; wherein the discharge destination selecting unit discharges the printed material to the first discharge tray when the long-time use judging unit judges that the scanner function is not in use for a long time at the time of receiving the printing job, and discharges the printed material to the second discharge tray when the long-time use judging unit judges that the scanner function is in use for a long time at the time of receiving the printing job, and wherein the long-time use judging unit judges that the scanner function is in use for a long time when the external memory is connected to the slot unit over a predetermined time.