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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2007
Applicant:
Minoru Asakawa, Hachioji, JP;
Inventor:
Minoru Asakawa, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In order to provide an image forming apparatus which controls unnecessary image formation without reducing productivity, at the time of automatic sheet selection, the number of image sheets M which can be present from the writing position of images using the image writing section to the transfer position of the transfer section and the number of sheet N which can be present from the sensors which detect the no-paper state in each of the plurality of sheet feeding sections to the transfer position of the transfer section are obtained, and then the sheet feeding section which satisfies M<N is preferentially selected.