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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2022
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kamiya, Toyohashi, JP;
Toshikazu Higashi, Toyokawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Ishihara, Toyohashi, JP;
Shigetaka Kato, Shinshiro, JP;
Katsuhide Sakai, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device includes: a sheet feeder that feeds a sheet; a controller that: discriminates a sheet type of the sheet, and receives a user input to specify a sheet type; and an image forming device that has two setting modes including an automatic discrimination mode in which an image is formed based on the discriminated sheet type and a user specified mode in which an image is formed based on the sheet type specified by the user input. The controller automatically switches one of the two setting modes to the other based on a defined condition.