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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1999
Tsuyoshi Ohtani, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus in which the throughput at the time of performing a continuous printing operation can be raised, its controlling method, and a storage medium in which a program to perform the control has been stored. Conveying is controlled on the basis of the length of a set sheet of paper. According to the characteristic control of the present invention, in the state where a rear end of a printed sheet of paper is conveyed to a position over a reference position, a paper feeding operation of a sheet of paper to be subsequently printed is started and, simultaneously, a paper ejecting operation of the printed sheet is performed.