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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
May. 24, 2011
Hiroshi Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyoshi Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Osaka, JP;
Toshikane Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Mizuna Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyoshi Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Osaka, JP;
Toshikane Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Mizuna Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for which a control method is performed includes a recording unit, a conveying device conveying a recording medium to the recording unit, a feeding device supplying the recording medium to the conveying device, a recording medium conveying pathway along which the recording medium travels, and a control device controlling the conveying device and the feeding device. A first partial length of the recording medium conveying pathway extending from the feeding device to the recording unit is shorter than a conveyance direction length of a maximum usable size recording medium. When the leading end of the recording medium is located between the conveying device and the recording unit after the conveying device is driven to convey the recording medium, the control device switches the feeding device from a driven state to a non-driven state to move the feeding device by the recording medium.