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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2009
Yoshitaka Yamazaki, Abiko, JP;
Yuzo Matsumoto, Abiko, JP;
Tomoharu Sato, Abiko, JP;
Tetsuro Fukusaka, Abiko, JP;
Yoshitaka Yamazaki, Abiko, JP;
Yuzo Matsumoto, Abiko, JP;
Tomoharu Sato, Abiko, JP;
Tetsuro Fukusaka, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
An image forming system controls a handover timing of sheets between an image forming apparatus and a sheet feeding apparatus with high precision. A transmission path transmits information between the image forming apparatus and the sheet feeding apparatus. A signal line transmits a handover signal output from the image forming apparatus to the sheet feeding apparatus. A first control unit transmits the handover signal to the sheet feeding apparatus after transmitting a feeding start request to the sheet feeding apparatus. A second control unit controls the sheet feeding apparatus to convey the sheet to a predetermined position in the sheet feeding apparatus in accordance with a reception of the feeding start request and of conveying the sheet at the predetermined position to the image forming apparatus in accordance with a reception of the handover signal.