Printing medium supplying unit and image forming apparatus having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyung-Won YOON, Hyun-Ki CHO, Tae-Hee KIM
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Abstract
A printing medium supplying unit comprises a printing medium loading plate configured to move up and down based on an amount of printing medium loaded on the printing medium loading plate and an elevation control unit configured to adjust an elevation height of the printing medium loading plate such that a standby position of the printing medium loading plate can vary based on an amount of the printing medium loaded on the printing medium loading plate, wherein the standby position of the printing medium loading plate is a position in which the printing medium loading plate does not supply the printing medium to an image forming unit.
Claims17
A printing medium supplying unit, comprising:
- a printing medium loading plate configured to move up and down, and to hold thereon an amount of printing medium;
- and
- an elevation control unit configured to adjust an elevation height of the printing medium loading plate such that a standby position of the printing medium loading plate can vary based on the amount of the printing medium loaded on the printing medium loading plate, wherein the standby position of the printing medium loading plate is a position of the printing medium loading plate in which the printing medium is not being supplied from the printing medium supplying unit.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a printing medium supplying unit comprising:
- a printing medium loading plate configured to move up and down, and to hold thereon a printing medium;
- and
- an elevation control unit configured to adjust an elevation height of the printing medium loading plate such that a standby position of the printing medium loading plate can vary based on an amount of the printing medium loaded on the printing medium loading plate, wherein the standby position of the printing medium loading plate is a position of the printing medium loading plate in which the printing medium is not being supplied from the printing medium supplying unit;
- an image forming unit configured to form an image on a printing medium supplied from the printing medium supplying unit;
- and
- a printing medium discharging unit configured to discharge the printing medium on which the image is formed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.