Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus, printing system, controlling method of image forming apparatus, and storage medium
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Application No.: US16388731Application Date: 2019-04-18
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Publication No.: US11414283B2Publication Date: 2022-08-16
- Inventor: Nobuhiro Kawamura , Yuzo Harano , Hideaki Ooba , Aya Ito , Yusuke Kimura
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. I.P. Division
- Priority: JPJP2018-083578 20180425
- Main IPC: B65H3/44
- IPC: B65H3/44 ; B65H1/26 ; B65H1/04 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeding device having a plurality of sheet feeding units, an opening and closing controlling unit, and a receiving unit. The opening and closing controlling unit controls opening and closing of the sheet feeding unit. Where the receiving unit receives an instruction for assigning a sheet having selected one attribute to designated one sheet feeding unit, the opening and closing controlling unit opens the designated one sheet feeding unit.
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