A sheet feeding device includes a stacking tray for stacking a sheet; a sheet detector for detecting presence/absence of the sheet on the stacking tray; a feeder for feeding the sheet detected by the sheet detector; an LED, provided adjacent to the sheet stacked on the stacking tray, for emitting light; a display, provided substantially in parallel with an optical axis of the LED, for being illuminated by the light emitted from the LED; a reflector, provided opposed to the display portion, for reflecting and scattering the light emitted by the LED, toward the display; and a controller for controlling emission of the light of the LED on the basis of a signal outputted by the sheet detector.

An image reading apparatus determines an inclination amount corresponding to an inclination angle of a leading edge of an original document in a conveyance direction, and determines the length of the original document in the conveyance direction. The image reading apparatus sets a first value as a set value in a case that the length of the original document is a first length and sets a second value larger than the first value as the set value in a case that the length of the original document is a second length shorter than the first length. If the inclination amount is smaller than the set value, inclination correction for correcting the image represented by the image data is performed such that the inclination amount is reduced, and if the inclination amount is larger than the set value, the inclination correction is not performed.

The disclosure discloses methods and systems for reserving a tray for a user for special media printing. The method includes receiving one or more special media sheets as loaded by the user in the tray. Based on the loaded special media sheets, a tray ID of the tray is automatically identified. A user interface is provided to the user to input loaded media details such as media size, type, and color. Then, it is checked with the user whether to reserve the identified tray for the user for special media printing. Based on the check, a user interface is further provided to the user to input a user ID. Finally, the identified tray is automatically reserved for the user using the user ID and the tray ID, for printing a document later received from the user on the one or more special media sheets as loaded in the identified/reserved tray.

A transporting apparatus (for example, image reading apparatus) includes a transporting mechanism that transports a document along a transporting path and a processing unit that determines an inclination error of the document. The processing unit determines whether or not the inclination error has occurred in accordance with a document size and a tilt angle of the document.

An image reading device according to the present disclosures installed in an image forming apparatus includes a document placing table having an image reader, and an auto document feeder (ADF) rotatably supported by the document placing table. The ADF is configured to rotatable between a closed position where an upper surface of the document placing table is uncovered and an opened position where the upper surface is covered. The ADF includes a document tray, a document discharge tray arranged at a lower position than the document tray with a space, a front wall fixed to a front side of the document tray. A cutout part is formed on the front wall, a front side of the space is opened through the cutout part. The ADF further includes a hand grip provided to an upper edge of the cutout part, and the hand grip is used to lift up the ADF from the closed position toward the opened positon.

An image reading apparatus includes a scanner, a sensor, and a controller. The sensor is configured to detect an original at a predetermined position. The controller is configured to determine whether or not an immediate execution mode in which no user operation is needed to cause the scanner to start scanning is set, and in case the immediate execution mode is determined to be set, determine whether or not a scan start condition is satisfied. The scan start condition includes the sensor detecting the original at the predetermined position. The controller is configured to control the scanner to start scanning, upon a standby time of a predetermined amount being passed since the scan start condition is satisfied.

An image forming apparatus to form images on a series of sheets includes: an image forming processor to form an image on each sheet; a reader to read each sheet and to output read data; an inspector to determine a quality of each sheet using the read data; and a controller to discharge each sheet determined as not satisfying a predetermined quality criteria into a second tray other than a first tray specified in a print job. When copies specified in the print job are each constituted by one of the series of sheets and at least one sheet of the series of sheets is on a transport path as at least one remaining sheet, the controller processes each of the at least one remaining sheet in such a way that if the remaining sheet satisfies the predetermined quality criteria, the controller discharges the remaining sheet into the first tray.

The printer obtains template data from an application. Further, the printer drive obtains image data of a composition image from a scanner or a folder stored in a data storage area. The printer driver identifies, in a template image indicated by the template data, a composite area in which the composition image is to be composed based on the template data or information stored in the data storage area. Then, the printer driver generates image data of an image in which the composition image is composed in the identified composite area of the template image. With this configuration, the image in which the composition image is composed can be generated without requiring a user to obtain the composition images or without requiring the user to compose the composition image with the template image.

An image forming apparatus includes: an execution unit that, when a specific execution instruction is received, which specifies that a manual sheet feed section via which a sheet is fed manually is included as a sheet feed source that feeds the sheet, under the condition that the sheet is present in the manual sheet feed section, executes specific printing; and a confirmation unit that, when the execution unit executes first specific printing according to a first specific execution instruction, then receives a second specific execution instruction from an operator different from an operator who has issued the first specific execution instruction, under the condition that the sheet is present in the manual sheet feed section, confirms with the different operator whether the sheet is allowed to be fed from the manual sheet feed section before the execution unit executes second specific printing according to the second specific execution instruction.

An image reading apparatus includes a document tray, a set document sensor, a sheet feed rotary member, an image reader, a staple detector, a display panel and a controller. The set document sensor detects a document sheet set on a document tray. A staple detector detects a staple attached to the document sheet bundle. On recognizing set document sheets, based on the output from the staple detector, a controller checks whether or not the set document sheets are stapled. On detecting that they are stapled, the controller makes a display panel indicate that the document sheets are stapled and cannot be conveyed.