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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2022
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Makoto Ochi, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, a control device functions as a controller and a user presence/absence determiner. When accepting an instruction to execute a print job through a touch panel, the controller controls operations of a sheet feed device, a conveyance device, and an image forming device to allow a document image represented by image data generated by a document reading device to be formed on a sheet to make a printed matter and allow the printed matter to be discharged to a sheet output tray. When the user presence/absence determiner determines that a user is present, the controller controls, before printing for at least a last sheet in the print job, the operations of the sheet feed device and the conveyance device to allow a sheet to be discharged to the sheet output tray without allowing the image forming device to form the document image on the sheet.