Sheet feeder, image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorsJoji Saito, Makoto Ito, Haruhiko Kojima, Ai Nakao
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Abstract
A sheet feeder includes: multiple sheet feeding trays each configured to house one or more print media sheets; and a processor configured to cause a sheet feeding tray assigned a top priority to feed a print media sheet after the sheet feeding tray is set up for sheet feeding and a state of the sheet feeding tray is fixed, the top priority being highest among priorities that are assigned to the multiple sheet feeding trays and that are determined in advance with regard to sheet feeding.
Claims16
A sheet feeder comprising:
- a plurality of sheet feeding trays each configured to house one or more print media sheets;
- a processor configured to:
- cause a sheet feeding tray assigned a top priority to feed a print media sheet after the sheet feeding tray is set up for sheet feeding and a state of the sheet feeding tray is fixed, the top priority being highest among priorities that are assigned to the plurality of sheet feeding trays and that are determined in advance with regard to sheet feeding;
- and
- a covering configured to cover the plurality of sheet feeding trays from outside,
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- start to monitor the state of each of the plurality of sheet feeding trays by using a corresponding sensor when the covering is closed.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for controlling a plurality of sheet feeding trays each configured to house one or more print media sheets, the process comprising:
- causing a sheet feeding tray assigned a top priority to feed a print media sheet after the sheet feeding tray is set up for sheet feeding and a state of the sheet feeding tray is fixed, the top priority being highest among priorities that are assigned to the plurality of sheet feeding trays and that are determined in advance with regard to sheet feeding;
- and
- starting to monitor the state of each of the plurality of sheet feeding trays by using a corresponding sensor when a covering, which covers the plurality of sheet feeding trays from outside, is closed.
A sheet feeder comprising:
- a plurality of sheet feeding trays each configured to house one or more print media sheets;
- means for causing a sheet feeding tray assigned a top priority to feed a print media sheet after the sheet feeding tray is set up for sheet feeding and a state of the sheet feeding tray is fixed, the top priority being highest among priorities that are assigned to the plurality of sheet feeding trays and that are determined in advance with regard to sheet feeding;
- and
- a covering configured to cover the plurality of sheet feeding trays from outside,
- wherein the means is configured to:
- start to monitor the state of each of the plurality of sheet feeding trays by using a corresponding sensor when the covering is closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.