A feeding device includes an accommodation unit that accommodates paper, a feeding tray on which the paper is placed in the accommodation unit and that is controlled so as to be lifted and lowered in a case of being replenished with the paper, and a processor configured to determine a lifting and lowering speed of the feeding tray according to an operation by a user, and perform control such that a lifting and lowering speed of the feeding tray becomes slower than the determined lifting and lowering speed in a case of a state where the determined lifting and lowering speed of the feeding tray is unable to be realized.

An image forming apparatus includes a sheet accommodating portion, an image forming portion, an accommodating portion opening portion, a lifter plate, a lifter plate lifting and lowering mechanism, a lower-limit detecting portion, a control unit lowering the lifter plate and opening the accommodating portion in accordance with an operation in a set mode of a plurality of modes when the control unit receives an instruction to open the accommodating portion, wherein the modes includes a first mode in which the accommodating portion is opened irrespective of whether or not the lifter plate lowers to the lower-limit position and a second mode in which the accommodating portion is opened after the lifter plate lowers to the lower-limit position; and an operating portion operable by an operator for changing setting of the mode, between the modes, executed when the control unit receives the instruction to open the accommodating portion.

An image forming apparatus includes a sheet accommodating portion, an image forming portion, an accommodating portion opening portion, a lifter plate, a lifter plate lifting and lowering mechanism, a lower-limit detecting portion, a control unit lowering the lifter plate and opening the accommodating portion in accordance with an operation in a set mode of a plurality of modes when the control unit receives an instruction to open the accommodating portion, wherein the modes includes a first mode in which the accommodating portion is opened irrespective of whether or not the lifter plate lowers to the lower-limit position and a second mode in which the accommodating portion is opened after the lifter plate lowers to the lower-limit position; and an operating portion operable by an operator for changing setting of the mode, between the modes, executed when the control unit receives the instruction to open the accommodating portion.

A feeding device includes an accommodation unit that accommodates paper, a feeding tray on which the paper is placed in the accommodation unit and that is controlled so as to be lifted and lowered in a case of being replenished with the paper, and a processor configured to determine a lifting and lowering speed of the feeding tray according to an operation by a user, and perform control such that a lifting and lowering speed of the feeding tray becomes slower than the determined lifting and lowering speed in a case of a state where the determined lifting and lowering speed of the feeding tray is unable to be realized.