摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce user's burden on switching of a sheet feed mode in a sheet feeding device. <P>SOLUTION: The sheet feeding device includes: a feeding means having a separation mode in which sheets are fed one by one from a bundle of a plurality of sheets and a non-separation mode in which the sheets are not separately fed, respectively; and a feeding control means that controls the feeding means to perform switching between the separation mode and the non-separation mode, wherein after finishing the feeding operation in the non-separation mode by the feeding means, the feeding control means controls the feeding means to perform switching from the non-separation mode to the separation mode. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |