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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2018
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Watanabe, Sakai, JP;
Masaya Asakawa, Sakai, JP;
Takashi Sawano, Sakai, JP;
Kumiko Ogino, Sakai, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a display unit; a storage unit in which sheet setting information for specifying a sheet to be printed is stored in advance; a sheet accommodating unit in which the sheet to be printed is accommodated; a sheet detection unit that detects whether or not there is a sheet in the sheet accommodating unit; and a confirmation display control unit that causes the display unit to display a sheet setting confirmation screen that includes the sheet setting information stored in the storage unit, in which in a case where the sheet detection unit detects that a sheet is supplied to the sheet accommodating unit, the confirmation display control unit causes the display unit to display the sheet setting confirmation screen.