Image forming apparatus and control method of the image forming apparatus
US7542687B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 6, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00729
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a plurality of container units containing sheets, a sheet feeding device provided for each of the plurality of container units and configured to feed the sheets; and a controller switching between modes including a first mode and a second mode in order to automatically switch a sheet feeding position from a container unit in current use to another container unit. In the first mode, the sheet feeding position is switched to the other container unit in the state in which a prescribed amount of sheets are left in the container unit in current use, and in the second mode, the sheet feeding position is switched to the other container unit after the sheets in the container unit in current use are exhausted.
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