IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

In a case where a conveyed document is a first page, printing is started before a result of determination as to whether the document is a blank page is output, whereby a time until a first sheet is output can be shortened.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a reading unit configured to read an image of a conveyed document; a printing unit configured to print, on a sheet, the image of the document read by the reading unit; a detection unit configured to detect a blank page from the image of the document read by the reading unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether the document read by the reading unit is a first page; and a control unit configured to, in a case where the determination unit determines that the document read by the reading unit is a first page, notify the printing unit of completion of image output preparation before the detection unit detects a blank page, and in a case where the determination unit determines that the document read by the reading unit is not a first page, notify the printing unit of the completion of the image output preparation after the detection unit detects the blank page.