Patent ID: 8837961

Claim:
An image forming apparatus that rotationally moves a plurality of recording material storage units that store a recording material to thereby perform a printing, the image forming apparatus comprising: a moving unit configured to move the recording material storage unit to a replacement position; a detection unit configured to detect an in-motion status in which the recording material storage unit is moving to the replacement position; and a determination unit configured to determine either a first state or a second state of the image forming apparatus as the state of the image forming apparatus that is to replace the in-motion status and should be reported to a user when the detection unit detects the in-motion status should not be reported to a user, wherein the first state is a state which is currently being reported to the user when it is detected that the recording material storage unit is in the in-motion status, and wherein the second state is a state which transitions after the recording material storage unit moves to the replacement position, and the second state is a printing state in which the image forming apparatus is in printing.