Patent ID: 7931264

Claim:
An image-forming apparatus comprising: a first feeding unit configured to perform sheet feeding from a source using air; a second feeding unit configured to perform sheet feeding from a source of sheets using a roller; an acceptance unit configured to accept a first print job which requires feeding from the first feeding unit and a second print job which requires feeding from the second feeding unit; a determination unit configured to determine a state of in the first feeding unit; a delay unit operable, in a case that the determination unit determines that the first feeding unit is not ready to feed sheets, to delay start of the first print job; and an execution unit operable, in a case that the second print job is accepted while the start of the first print job is delayed by the delay unit, to execute the second print job while the first print job is delayed; wherein in a case that the determination unit determines that the first feeding unit is ready to execute air feeding before completion of the second print job, the execution unit is configured to interrupt execution of the second print job, to start the first print job, and to restart the second print job after completion of the first print job by the execution unit.