Image forming apparatus with trays that are movable to a recording sheet discharge position and a controller for controlling movement of the trays

Abstract

A machine () has an image former () for forming an image on a recording sheet. Movable trays are provided for receiving the recording sheets. A job manager () stores information concerning the tray for receiving the recording sheet, and a moving mechanism () moves the tray to a recording sheet discharge position according to information stored the job manager (). An input device () allows an operator to input a copy value corresponding to the number of copies of the recording sheets to be discharged in an image forming job, and a tray moving controller () for controlling the moving mechanism () to move the tray if the copy value inputted from the input device () is higher than a predetermined copy value and to keep the tray from moving if the copy value is equal to or lower than the predetermined copy value.