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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotoshi Tajima, Ibaraki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus controls a feeding device to stop feeding residual toner to a first accommodating container and an image forming portion to continue an image forming operation, in a case the first accommodating container is not full and the first accommodating container is dismounted when the image forming operation is executed when the residual toner is fed to the first accommodating container. After detection of dismount of the first accommodating container until a predetermined time elapses, the feeding device stops feeding continuously the residual toner to the first accommodating container and does not start feeding the residual toner to the second accommodating container, and the image forming operation continues when the first accommodating container is not mounted, and the feeding device resumes feeding the residual toner to the first accommodating container and the image forming operation continues when the first accommodating container is mounted again.