Paper feeding device

A paper feeding method, comprising:

• contacting a first conveying component with a print medium held on an uppermost portion of one or more print media loaded on a print medium loading unit and conveying the print medium from the uppermost portion;
• moving at least one of the one or more print media and the first conveying component using a first moving component in each of directions in which the uppermost portion and the first conveying component are close to each other and directions in which the uppermost portion and the first conveying component are far away from each other;
• moving the first conveying component using a second moving component so that a position of a contact portion that contacts with the uppermost portion among the portions of the first conveying component coincides with the first position in a conveying direction in which the print medium is conveyed by the first conveying component if the one or more print media is a print medium having a bending strength of a first strength and moving the first conveying component so that the position of the contact portion coincides with the second position on the upstream side of the first position in the conveying direction if the one or more print media is a print medium having a bending strength of a second strength higher than the first strength;
• if the one or more print media is a print medium having the bending strength of the first strength, after the second moving component moves the contact position to the first position, allowing the uppermost portion and the first conveying component to be close to each other so that the first conveying component and the uppermost portion are in contact with each other;
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• if the one or more print media is print media having the bending strength of the second strength, after the second moving component moves the contact position to the second position, allowing the uppermost portion and the first conveying component to be close to each other so that the first conveying component and the uppermost portion are in contact with each other.

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• an image forming component;
• and
• a paper feeding device, comprising:
• a print medium loading component configured hold with one or more print media;
• a first conveying component configured to be in contact with a print medium held on an uppermost portion of the one or more print media loaded on the print medium loading unit and convey the print medium from the uppermost portion;
• a first moving component configured to move at least one of the one or more print media and the first conveying component in each of directions in which the uppermost portion and the first conveying component are close to each other and directions in which the uppermost portion and the first conveying component are far away from each other;
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• a second moving component configured to move the first conveying component so that a position of a contact portion that contacts with the uppermost portion among the portions of the first conveying component coincides with the first position in a conveying direction in which the print medium is conveyed by the first conveying component if the one or more print media is a print medium having a bending strength of a first strength and to move the first conveying component so that the position of the contact portion coincides with the second position on the upstream side of the first position in the conveying direction if the one or more print media is a print medium having a bending strength of a second strength higher than the first strength,
• wherein, if the one or more print media is a print medium having the bending strength of the first strength, after the second moving component moves the contact position to the first position, the first moving component allows the uppermost portion and the first conveying component to be close to each other so that the first conveying component and the uppermost portion are in contact with each other, and if the one or more print media is print media having the bending strength of the second strength, after the second moving component moves the contact position to the second position, the first moving component allows the uppermost portion and the first conveying component to be close to each other so that the first conveying component and the uppermost portion are in contact with each other.