Image forming apparatus and method
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorSetsuji Tatsumi
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Abstract
The image forming apparatus comprises: an image forming section which includes an image forming device forming an image onto a recording medium; a plurality of recording medium supply sections which store recording media and supply the recording media to the image forming section; a conveyance device which conveys the recording media supplied from the plurality of recording medium supply sections; and an end timing control device which controls a timing at which the recording media of each of the plurality of recording medium supply sections come to an end, by controlling selection of supply source of the recording medium used for image formation by the image forming device, from among the plurality of recording medium supply sections.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image forming section which includes an image forming device forming an image onto a recording medium;
- a plurality of recording medium supply sections which store recording media and supply the recording media to the image forming section;
- a conveyance device which conveys the recording media supplied from the plurality of recording medium supply sections;
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- an end timing control device which controls a timing at which the recording media of each of the plurality of recording medium supply sections come to an end, by controlling selection of supply source of the recording medium used for image formation by the image forming device, from among the plurality of recording medium supply sections.
An image forming method for forming images on recording media, in which a plurality of recording medium supply sections are provided and the recording media stored in the respective recording medium supply sections are supplied to an image forming section, comprising the steps of:
- ascertaining remaining amounts of the recording medium stored respectively in the plurality of recording medium supply sections;
- selecting supply source of the recording medium used in image formation, in such a manner that timings at which the recording media in the plurality of recording medium supply sections come to an end are adjusted according to remaining amount information for the respective recording medium supply sections;
- conveying the recording medium supplied from the recording medium supply section in accordance with the selecting step;
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- forming an image on the conveyed recording medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.