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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2004
Kiyoshi Hata, Hachioji, JP;
Tsuyoshi Mizubata, Hachioji, JP;
Masashi Aoki, Hachioji, JP;
Satoru Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Kiyoshi Hata, Hachioji, JP;
Tsuyoshi Mizubata, Hachioji, JP;
Masashi Aoki, Hachioji, JP;
Satoru Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus having a document feeder for taking up a document from a document bundle placed on a document tray, a controller has a normal mode to perform a normal-size conveyance control by taking up each document from a bundle of documents having the same size, a multi-size mode to perform a multi-size conveyance control by taking up each document from a bundle of documents having various sizes. When the normal mode is carried out, the controller controls to stop the document after the first preset time passes after the trailing edge of the document has been detected, and when multi-size mode is carried out, the controller controls in place of using the first preset time by the second preset time which is set to be a longer time than the first preset time.