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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
May. 29, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Yumoto, Toride, JP;
Satoru Yamamoto, Noda, JP;
Toshiyuki Miyake, Nagareyama, JP;
Katsuya Nakama, Nagareyama, JP;
Riki Fukuhara, Kashiwa, JP;
Akihiro Kawakita, Abiko, JP;
Yutaka Ando, Toride, JP;
Akihiro Arai, Toride, JP;
Yuichiro Oda, Nagareyama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit to store recording sheets, an image forming unit, an insertion unit, including an interleaving sheet tray on which an interleaving sheet is to be stacked, and to insert the interleaving sheet fed from the interleaving sheet tray between recording sheets conveyed from the image forming unit. The control unit selects between a first mode and a second mode to execute based on a detected remaining amount of recording sheets in the storage unit. The first mode is a mode for feeding the interleaving sheet, which is to be inserted, from the interleaving sheet tray regardless of whether a presence of the recording sheet in the storage unit is detected. The second mode is a mode for feeding the interleaving sheet from the interleaving sheet tray based on that presence of the recording sheet in the storage unit is detected.