Image forming apparatus and sheet conveyance method
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKoji Imamiya, Katsutoshi Mita
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Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises a first cassette configured to accommodate a first sheet; a second cassette configured to accommodate a second sheet different from the first sheet in at least one of a size and an orientation; a controller configured to perform control to feed the first sheet to a conveyance path from the first cassette and feed the second sheet to the conveyance path from the second cassette to insert the second sheet between respective copies if a printing instruction for a plurality of copies is issued; and a sheet discharge section configured to stack the first sheet and the second sheet.
Claims18
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a first cassette configured to accommodate a first sheet;
- a second cassette configured to accommodate a second sheet different from the first sheet in at least one of a size and an orientation;
- a controller configured to control feeding the first sheet to a conveyance path from the first cassette and control feeding the second sheet to the conveyance path from the second cassette to insert the second sheet between respective copies if a printing instruction for a plurality of copies is issued;
- a sheet discharge section configured to stack the first sheet and the second sheet;
- an image forming section configured to form an image on the first sheet and the second sheet;
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- a mode setting section configured to set a mode for designating a conveyance timing of the second sheet, wherein
- the second sheet having the same size as the first sheet is accommodated in the second cassette in an orientation different from that of the first sheet,
- the mode setting section sets either a first conveyance mode in which the second sheet is conveyed as at least a primary sheet of each copy, or a second conveyance mode in which the second sheet is conveyed as at least a final sheet of each copy,
- the controller controls conveyance of the first sheet and the second sheet in either the first conveyance mode or the second conveyance mode set by the mode setting section, and
- the image forming section forms images on the conveyed first sheet and second sheet.
A sheet conveyance method by an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- controlling feeding a first sheet to a conveyance path from a first cassette for accommodating the first sheet;
- controlling feeding a second sheet, which is different from the first sheet in at least one of a size and an orientation, to the conveyance path from a second cassette for accommodating the second sheet to insert the second sheet between respective copies if a printing instruction for a plurality of copies is issued;
- discharging the first sheet and the second sheet to a sheet discharge section;
- forming an image on the first sheet and the second sheet;
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- setting a mode for designating a conveyance timing of the second sheet, wherein
- the second sheet having the same size as the first sheet is accommodated in the second cassette in an orientation different from that of the first sheet,
- setting either a first conveyance mode in which the second sheet is conveyed as at least a primary sheet of each copy, or a second conveyance mode in which the second sheet is conveyed as at least a final sheet of each copy,
- controlling conveyance of the first sheet and the second sheet in either the first conveyance mode or the second conveyance mode set by the mode setting section, and
- forming images on the conveyed first sheet and second sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.