Patent ID: 8899573
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of trays each of which stores an index sheet provided with a tab at a same predetermined position of the index sheet, respectively; a setting section to set first information concerning the index sheet stored in the tray for each of the plurality of trays; a receiving section to receive second information concerning an insertion of the index sheet in a job; a controller to control an execution of the job and an operation of feeding the index sheet; wherein: the first information includes a tab position of the index sheet, an index number which shows a number of types of the tab position of the index sheet, and a group of a plurality of the index sheets concerning the index sheets stored in each of the trays; the second information includes an inserting position of inserting the index sheet, the group, and the tab position used in the job based on the index number when the index sheet is inserted; and the controller automatically selects the tray which stores the index sheet provided with the tab according to the tab position based on the index number and the group of the index sheet in the execution of the job based on the first information and the second information.