Patent ID: 7630095

Claim:
An image forming apparatus that performs print processing based on print job data transmitted from an information processing apparatus that can produce the print job data, comprising: an information acquiring unit configured to obtain, based on the print job data, information relating to a sheet type required in the print processing and a print order of the required sheet type; a judging unit configured to determine whether the required sheet type obtained by the information acquiring unit is initially set in the image forming apparatus; a decision unit configured to decide, based on the print order of the required sheet type obtained by the information acquiring unit, exchange object information relating to a sheet type later used but not initially set in the image forming apparatus, responsive to the judging unit determining that the required sheet type is not initially set in the image forming apparatus; and a display unit configured to display information relating to exchange processing for the sheet type later used but not initially set in the image forming apparatus, based on the exchange object information decided by the decision unit.