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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Totsuka, Tsukuba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to, during execution of a copy job for which a binding process setting is not set, detecting that a conveyed document is bound and allowing a user to perform the binding process setting before the copy job is executed again. A control method for controlling an image forming apparatus includes conveying a document placed on a document tray, reading an image on the conveyed document, printing the read image on a sheet, and binding the sheet on which the image is printed, and further includes detecting that the conveyed document is a bound document, according to the detection, suspending the conveyance of the document, and displaying a screen for prompting a user to start reading of the document of which the conveyance is suspended, wherein the screen is a screen capable of receiving a setting of a binding process to be executed.