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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2004
Applicants:
Hidehiko Asai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Kasai, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G015/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that forms images of originals on sheets, includes a plurality of feeders for feeding sheets, a memory for storing sheet types in association with the plurality of feeders, and storing the priority between the sheet types, and a selector for selecting one of the plurality of feeders to be used for a sheet feeding operation in accordance with the sheet types and the priority stored in the memory.