18746513. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPTIONAL PAPER FEEDER IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPTIONAL PAPER FEEDER IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
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MASAKI Amemiya of Sakai City (JP)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPTIONAL PAPER FEEDER IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18746513 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPTIONAL PAPER FEEDER IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming apparatus main body; and an optional paper feeder optionally attachable to the image forming apparatus main body, the image forming apparatus main body has: an image former that executes image forming processing to form an image on a sheet-like image recording medium; and a resist roller that conveys the image recording medium, and the optional paper feeder has: a first accommodation device that accommodates a plurality of the image recording media; a first paper feed roller that feeds the image recording media one by one to a first conveyance path connected to a conveyance position; and an acceleration/deceleration roller that conveys the image recording medium to the conveyance position, the image forming apparatus further includes: a controller that controls a conveyance speed of the image recording medium by the acceleration/deceleration roller.
