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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 21, 2008
Hyung-won Yoon, Seongnam-Si, KR;
Hyun-ki Cho, Hanam-Si, KR;
Tae-hee Kim, Incheon, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A printing medium supplying unit comprises a printing medium loading plate configured to move up and down based on an amount of printing medium loaded on the printing medium loading plate and an elevation control unit configured to adjust an elevation height of the printing medium loading plate such that a standby position of the printing medium loading plate can vary based on an amount of the printing medium loaded on the printing medium loading plate, wherein the standby position of the printing medium loading plate is a position in which the printing medium loading plate does not supply the printing medium to an image forming unit.