US 11,842,111 B2
Image forming apparatus that transmits paper attribute information for aggregation of various types of information, method for controlling image forming apparatus, and storage medium
Daisuke Shibata, Ibaraki (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/730,431.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-090243 (JP), filed on May 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0382500 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1258 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1205 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus communicable with a management server, the image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming device configured to form an image on a sheet;
a plurality of sheet feeding trays each configured to store sheets to be supplied to the image forming device; and
one or more controllers configured to:
store paper attribute information in association with each of the plurality of sheet feeding trays;
execute an image forming job that causes the image forming device to form a series of images using the sheets stored in at least one of the plurality of sheet feeding trays;
acquire the attribute information of any of the plurality of sheet feeding trays;
generate an execution log of the image forming job based on the acquired attribute information, and upon changing the attribute information corresponding to sheet feeding trays, among the plurality of sheet feeding trays, used during an execution of an image job, the generated execution log includes the attribution information before the change and the attribute information after the change;
transmit the generated execution log to the management server; and
generate a list information of all sheet feeding trays, among the plurality of sheet feeding trays, where the respective attribute information has not been acquired before changing the attribute information.