Feeding apparatus and method for the same

A feeding apparatus comprising:

• a placement unit on which a recording material is to be placed;
• a feeding rotating member configured to feed the recording material placed on the placement unit;
• a regulating plate configured to regulate a position of an upstream end of the recording material placed on the placement unit in a feeding direction by the feeding rotating member;
• a detecting unit configured to detect a size of the recording material from a position of the regulating plate;
• a receiving unit configured to receive a size of the recording material specified by a user;
• and
• a control unit configured to change duration of a feeding operation performed by the feeding rotating member, and
• wherein, in a case where the received size of the recording material is larger than the detected size of the recording material, the control unit changes the feeding operation duration according to the detected size of the recording material.

A feeding apparatus comprising:

• a placement unit on which a recording material is to be placed;
• a feeding rotating member configured to feed the recording material placed on the placement unit;
• a regulating plate configured to regulate a position of an upstream end of the recording material placed on the placement unit in a feeding direction by the feeding rotating member;
• a detecting unit configured to detect a position of the regulating plate;
• a receiving unit configured to receive a size of the recording material specified by a user;
• and
• a control unit configured to, in a case where the received size of the recording material is indefinite, set duration of a feeding operation performed by the feeding rotating member to a first duration when the detecting unit detects that the regulating plate is at a first position and set the feeding operation duration to a second duration longer than the first duration when the detecting unit detects that the regulating plate is at a second position which is farther from the feeding rotating member than the first position.