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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2011
Masataka Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Masataka Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a feeding delay control unit to control a delay in feeding image formation media to a conveying unit and a counting unit to count a number of image formation media discharged to a discharge tray. When a count value of the counting unit reaches a threshold, the feeding delay control unit causes a feeding unit to switch a feeding mode from a small spacing mode, in which a next image formation medium is fed while a previously-fed image formation medium is on a conveying path, to a large spacing mode, in which an image formation medium is fed after a previously-fed image formation medium is discharged from the conveying path. When a number of image formation media on which images have been formed is smaller than a upper limit, the feeding mode is returned from the large spacing mode to the small spacing mode.