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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
May. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Toshimi Shinchi, Saitama, JP;
Tamotsu Sakuraba, Sagamihara, JP;
Inventors:
Toshimi Shinchi, Saitama, JP;
Tamotsu Sakuraba, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/44 (2006.01); B65H 5/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printer as an image forming apparatus controls to discharge the tab sheets that became no longer necessary when the type of tab sheets supplied is changed. Thus, the printer controls to discharge the tab sheets that became no longer necessary while printing a unit number of copies for a printing job.