Image forming apparatus and control method of the image...

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2006-06-06

2009-06-02

Colilla, Daniel J (Department: 2854)

Electrophotography

Diagnostics

Document handling

C399S393000, C399S391000, C400S624000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07542687

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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