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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
May. 16, 2001
Yoshinori Nakahira, Yamatorkoriyama, JP;
Hirohito Morioka, Nara, JP;
Takashi Ide, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Mariko Arai, Kashihara, JP;
Kazuya Masuda, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus having a plurality of discharge trays is provided, from which a user can readily obtain printed sheets he has requested. The user inputs a secret code at an operating and displaying section, which secret code the user specified at the terminal device at the time of print request (S ). When a coincidence between the inputted secret code and a secret code stored in secret code storage section is judged (S ), the target discharge tray information corresponding to the secret code is read out from a secret code storage section (memory) and displayed on the operating and displaying section (S ). Accordingly, the user can visually recognize information about a discharge tray on which the user's requested printed sheets are discharged.