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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2018
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Koichi Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The image forming apparatus includes: a printing section for conveying a sheet of paper; a reversal section for reversing top-and-back orientation of a sheet; and a control section for, based on an output of an image detection sensor resulting when a sheet has passed through a detection position for the first time, detecting whether or not a first surface is a blank surface, and moreover, based on an output of the image detection sensor resulting when the sheet subjected to reversal process has once again passed through the detection position, detecting whether or not a second surface is a blank surface, whereby the control section decides whether a sheet feed cassette is a back-sided sheet-containing cassette or a new sheet-containing cassette.
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