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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2016
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Daiki Sone, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus avoiding possibility of sheet jam occurrence, and also maintains convenience for user. The apparatus is provided with plural stages detachably loaded therein, having a common carrying passage carrying a sheet from a lower stage, a sheet detection sensor that detects a sheet stored in stage, and plural searching patterns varying in priority levels in stage searching, and includes a stage searching part that, every time feeding from stage is performed, performs stage searching based on any one of the searching patterns, and a system control part that notifies stage searching part of detection result by sensor and stage specified as default, stage searching part selecting pattern according to detection result and default to perform stage searching, and system control part performing stage changeover based on priority levels in stage searching in pattern selected.