| 摘要 |
<p>PURPOSE:To prevent papers in a specified supply section from consuming at an early time in the case of that continuous paper supply is made from paper feed cassettes which are loaded onto paper feed sections in several stages and which store therein copying papers having one and the same size, by successively feeding papers from all the cassettes excepting those which is detected to be in a near empty condition. CONSTITUTION:In an electronic camera, empty condition detecting sensors 13, 23 detects such a condition that copying papers S in paper supply cassettes 11, 21 loaded onto the paper supply sections 10, 20 are completely consumed. Further near empty condition detecting sensors 14, 24 detect such a condition that the remaining amount of copying papers S in the cassettes 11, 21 becomes substantially equal to 20 pieces. Further, in order to continuously feed papers when size discriminating sensors 15, 21 discriminate such a condition that papers having one and the same size are stored in both cassettes 11, 21, paper feed is carried out successively from these cassettes 11, 21, excepting the cassette which is detected to be in a near empty condition, until the near empty condition is detected. When both cassettes 11, 21 are detected to be in the near empty condition, paper feed is successively carried out from both cassettes 11, 21.</p> |
