公开(公告)号：US08254794B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-28

申请号：US12407504

申请日：2009-03-19

申请人： Yoko Shiraki ,  Kazuhito Osumi

发明人： Yoko Shiraki ,  Kazuhito Osumi

IPC分类号： G03G15/00 ,  B65H3/44 ,  B41J29/38

CPC分类号： G03G15/6505 ,  G03G2215/00375 ,  G03G2215/00729

摘要： An image forming apparatus comprises a sheet tray to store sheets to form an image thereon; a detecting section to detect a capacity of empty space of each of the sheet tray; and a sheet managing section to compare the capacity of empty space of the sheet tray with a capacity of sheets of one or plural bundles of sheets as a unit of supply to be stored in the sheet tray, wherein in the case that the capacity of empty space of the sheet tray is equal to or larger than the capacity of sheets of one or plural bundles of sheets, the sheet managing section notifies that it is possible to supply sheets by the one or plural bundle of sheets as a unit of supply to the sheet tray.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括用于存储片材以在其上形成图像的片材托盘; 检测部，检测所述片材盘的空间的容量; 以及片材管理部分，用于将片材托盘的空闲空间的容量与作为要存储在片材托盘中的供应单元的一束或多张片材的片材的容量进行比较，其中在空的容量的情况下 纸张托盘的空间等于或大于一张或多张纸张的纸张的容量，纸张管理部件通知可以通过一张或多张纸张作为供应单元来提供纸张 纸盘。