Patent ID: 8096544

Claim:
A sheet containing device comprising: a supporting part that supports a first sheet and a second sheet, wherein the first sheet and the second sheet are different types of media, and the first sheet and the second sheet are stacked on one another; a feeding member that is located at a front end of the supporting part and that feeds the first sheet and the second sheet in correspondence with rotation of the feeding member; a sheet operating member that includes a part positioned between the first sheet and second sheet and that is configured to be movable to either a first position for placing a leading end of the first sheet at the feeding member or to a second position for evacuating the leading end of the first sheet from the feeding member, wherein when the first sheet and the second sheet are stacked on one another, the feeding member feeds only the first sheet when the sheet operating member is in the first position, and the feeding member feeds only the second sheet when the sheet operating member is in the second position.