Image forming apparatus which automatically enables a user to check the state of print copies based on a first discharged copy sheet

摘要

An image forming apparatus which forms an image on a sheet by an image forming device based on image information, and which discharges the sheet on which the image is formed. The apparatus has a proof printing mode in which (S1203), when, in the process of forming an image on sheets to form a pluralities of copies of the image, the sheets having the image formed thereon to form a first copy is discharged, the image formation is temporarily stopped by an image formation stopping device. The apparatus also has a mode controller for automatically setting (S1202) the proof printing mode when execution of a predetermined process mode is selected.