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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2009
Naoki Hirako, Ebina, JP;
Hideo Kimura, Ebina, JP;
Keita Kumokiri, Ebina, JP;
Shun Kuwahara, Ebina, JP;
Hiroyuki Funayama, Ebina, JP;
Izumi Suda, Ebina, JP;
Naoki Hirako, Ebina, JP;
Hideo Kimura, Ebina, JP;
Keita Kumokiri, Ebina, JP;
Shun Kuwahara, Ebina, JP;
Hiroyuki Funayama, Ebina, JP;
Izumi Suda, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A supply control device includes: a deciding unit that decides an order of plural containers that supply recording media to an image-forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a specifying unit that specifies one of the plural containers; a determining unit that determines for each of the plural containers whether recording media stored in the container are available for forming an image, in the order decided by the deciding unit, in which the container specified by the specifying unit is set as a starting point; and a supply unit that retrieves a recording medium from a container whose recording media have been determined by the determining unit to be available for forming an image, and supplies the recording medium to the image-forming unit.