Image forming apparatus and control method of sheet feeding therein
US6636707B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 16, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00877
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A control method is provided for sheet-feeding in an image forming apparatus in which a sheet is fed to an image forming section of the image forming apparatus having a finisher which receives the sheet on which the image is formed and finishes the sheet. The control method includes the steps of: conducting a continuous image forming process that makes plural sets of sheets each on which the image has been formed; and controlling a starting of a sheet-feeder which feeds a first sheet of a set of sheets to the image forming section, according to a logical product of a condition on the continuous image forming process in the image forming apparatus and a condition of an operating process in the finisher.
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