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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2009
Yuka Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Matsumoto, Saitama, JP;
Nobuhiro Shindo, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Masui, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuka Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Matsumoto, Saitama, JP;
Nobuhiro Shindo, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Masui, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling medium feeding in an image forming apparatus includes an image forming step of forming an image on a medium in response to an image forming request, and a feed control step of selecting one of a plurality of first medium feed units that feeds a medium corresponding to attribute information that matches medium attribute information included in the image forming request, and of selecting a second medium feed unit upon finding matching between attribute information indicative of a medium fed by the second medium feed unit and the medium attribute information included in the image forming request if none of the first medium feed units feeds a medium corresponding to the attribute information that matches the medium attribute information included in the image forming request.