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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Teruhito Kai, Kashiwa, JP;
Shinnosuke Iwadate, Toride, JP;
Hiroto Nishihara, Tsukuba, JP;
Hiromi Shimura, Toride, JP;
Keita Takahashi, Abiko, JP;
Kentaro Tamura, Komae, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus including a manual feed tray for placing a sheet subjected to image formation, a sheet sensor configured to detect whether or not the sheet is placed on this manual feed tray, a pickup roller configured to feed the sheet placed on the manual feed tray, and a controller. When a size of a sheet to be fed is designated by a user, and it is determined that the sheet is placed, the controller causes at least one of the pickup roller and the manual feed tray to start movement to a position of enabling the pickup roller to feed the placed sheet.