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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a setting change determination section configured to determine, in absence of a paper feed source matching paper information specified in settings that are input by a user for a job to be executed, whether or not permission information associated with the user permits use of a manual feed tray as a substitute paper feed source; a forced execution receiving section configured to, when the permission information does not permit use of the manual feed tray as the substitute paper feed source, inform the user about absence of a paper feed source matching the paper information specified in the settings and receive selection of a forced execution key by the user, the forced execution key being for causing forced execution of the job using the manual feed tray as the substitute paper feed source; a setting change section configured to change the settings for the job so as to use the manual feed tray as the substitute paper feed source in response to selection of the forced execution key; a forced execution determination section configured to determine whether or not an execution number exceeds a predetermined threshold upon completion of the job, the execution number indicating how many times a job has been executed in response to selection of the forced execution key; and a permission information updating section configured to, when the execution number exceeds the threshold, update the permission information associated with the user so as to permit use of the manual feed tray as the substitute paper feed source. |
