Patent ID: 8055183

Claim:
An image forming apparatus which forms an image, comprising: an image forming unit to form the image on a paper; a plurality of paper ejection trays to mount the paper on which the image is formed; a display unit to display a setting screen for selecting at least one paper ejection tray for a reserved job among the paper ejection trays; detecting units to detect a present mounting amount of the paper in each paper ejection tray; and a control unit to control the display of the setting screen, wherein the control unit simultaneously displays the detected mounting amount of each paper ejection tray on one setting screen, the control unit calculates an anticipated mounting amount of the paper to be mounted by executing the reserved job and displays the calculated anticipated mounting amount on the display unit along with the present mounting amount of each paper ejection tray, and the control unit expresses the present mounting amount and the anticipated mounting amount by an image in which the paper is mounted on each paper election tray.