CPC G06F 3/1241 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1207 (2013.01); G06F 3/121 (2013.01); G06F 3/1255 (2013.01); G06F 3/1259 (2013.01); G06F 3/1268 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a plurality of sheet feeding units;
one or more processors; and
one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to function as:
a reservation unit including an instruction reception unit configured to receive a reservation instruction for reserving a sheet feeding unit of the plurality of sheet feeding units, wherein the reservation instruction is not related to a specific print job but rather relates to imposing a usage restriction on a respective sheet feeding unit;
a job reception unit configured to receive a print job;
an identification unit configured to identify a sheet feeding unit from among the plurality of sheet feeding units for use in printing the received print job based on a setting of the received print job; and
a notification unit configured to, in response to an execution instruction of the received print job, where the sheet feeding unit that is identified by the identification unit for use in printing the received print job is a sheet feeding unit for which the instruction reception unit has received a reservation instruction, notify a user of information indicating that the sheet feeding unit is reserved, unless the print job is a print job in which a specific setting is made.
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