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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Yoshihisa Kamata, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshihisa Kamata, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/44 (2006.01); B65H 5/26 (2006.01); B65H 33/04 (2006.01); B65H 39/00 (2006.01); B65H 7/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/20 (2013.01); B65H 2701/11132 (2013.01); B65H 2551/18 (2013.01); B65H 3/44 (2013.01); B65H 2405/312 (2013.01); G03G 15/6508 (2013.01); B65H 2405/332 (2013.01); B65H 2511/415 (2013.01); B65H 2405/15 (2013.01); B65H 2511/416 (2013.01); B65H 2511/414 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00894 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has a plurality of trays to store an index sheet provided with a tab at a predetermined position of the index sheet, a setting section to set first information concerning the index sheet stored in the tray for each of the plurality of trays, a receiving section to receive second information concerning an insertion of the index sheet in a job, and a controller to control an execution of the job and an operation of feeding the index sheet. The controller automatically selects the tray in the execution of the job based on the first information and the second information.