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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiki Ishida, Chiba, JP;
Wataru Murata, Chiba, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet supporting portion, a sheet feeding unit configured to perform a feeding operation, an air separation unit configured to perform a blowing operation, and a control unit configured to execute a sheet feeding control. In the sheet feeding control, in a case where a second number of sheets, separated by the blowing operation but not fed, remains on the sheet supporting portion at an end of a first job, and a number of printing sheets of a second job subsequent to the first job is a third number of sheets that is equal to or less than the second number of sheets, the control unit omits an initial blowing operation and starts the feed operation in the second job.