Abstract: An image forming device includes a paper feed unit formed of plural paper feed trays wherein a different kind of print medium is contained in each paper feed tray, a communication unit that receives a print job using at least two different kinds of print media, a print job analysis unit, and a paper feed tray selection unit that, when a result of an analysis by the print job analysis unit is that the use of a specific paper feed tray is designated for one portion of data among the data in the print job, selects the designated paper feed tray from among the plural paper feed trays as the specific paper feed tray for the print job only, and automatically selects a paper feed tray to be used for other data from paper feed trays excluding the specific paper feed tray.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a paper feed unit formed of plural paper feed trays wherein a different kind of print medium is contained in each paper feed tray, a communication unit that receives a print job using at least two different kinds of print media, a print job analysis unit, and a paper feed tray selection unit that, when a result of an analysis by the print job analysis unit is that the use of a specific paper feed tray is designated for one portion of data among the data in the print job, selects the designated paper feed tray from among the plural paper feed trays as the specific paper feed tray for the print job only, and automatically selects a paper feed tray to be used for other data from paper feed trays excluding the specific paper feed tray.

Abstract: A setting acceptor is operable to accept printing settings for a current printing job, including a setting of a first printing condition involving a confirmation print to print a copy set of sorted pages before a temporary pause waiting for a continuation instruction to print a designated number of copy sets, and a setting of a second printing condition involving a sorting print to print the designated number of copy sets of sorted pages, and a controller stores a last stack position in a previous printing job, as a first stack position, and is operable, as the printing settings accepted includes the setting of the first printing condition and the setting of the second printing condition, to discharge sheets in the confirmation print to a second stack position offset from the first stack position, and after the continuation instruction, discharge sheets of the designated number of copy sets in the sorting print to an alternating stack position alternating every copy set between the first and second stack posi

Abstract: A setting acceptor is operable to accept printing settings for a current printing job, including a setting of a first printing condition involving a confirmation print to print a copy set of sorted pages before a temporary pause waiting for a continuation instruction to print a designated number of copy sets, and a setting of a second printing condition involving a sorting print to print the designated number of copy sets of sorted pages, and a controller stores a last stack position in a previous printing job, as a first stack position, and is operable, as the printing settings accepted includes the setting of the first printing condition and the setting of the second printing condition, to discharge sheets in the confirmation print to a second stack position offset from the first stack position, and after the continuation instruction, discharge sheets of the designated number of copy sets in the sorting print to an alternating stack position alternating every copy set between the first and second stack posi

Abstract: MFP 100 obtains document image data by reading an image of an IC-tagged document by means of image scanning unit 150, and writes it into the IC tag of the document as archive information of the document image by means of IC-tagged reading/writing unit 140. It also writes the differential image data obtained by extracting the difference between the document image data and the image data related to the archive information stored in the IC tag of the document as the archive information of the document image. Moreover, MFP 100 is capable of reading the desired archive information from the IC tag of the document, and printing or deleting it. This makes it possible to accumulate and use the archive information of the document image in the document itself when the document image is updated multiple times by handwriting notes, etc.

Abstract: MFP 100 obtains document image data by reading an image of an IC-tagged document by means of image scanning unit 150, and writes it into the IC tag of the document as archive information of the document image by means of IC-tagged reading/writing unit 140. It also writes the differential image data obtained by extracting the difference between the document image data and the image data related to the archive information stored in the IC tag of the document as the archive information of the document image. Moreover, MFP 100 is capable of reading the desired archive information from the IC tag of the document, and printing or deleting it. This makes it possible to accumulate and use the archive information of the document image in the document itself when the document image is updated multiple times by handwriting notes, etc.