| US 7,522,873 B2 | ||
| Image forming apparatus, method for controlling the same, and program | ||
| Eiichi Motoyama, Shinjuku-ku (Japan); Kuniyasu Kimura, Toride (Japan); Hiroaki Tomiyasu, Toride (Japan); Yuichi Yamamoto, Abiko (Japan); and Takahiko Yamaoka, Kashiwa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 10, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/271,642. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-330997 (JP), filed on Nov. 15, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0104688 A1, May 18, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—396 [399/389] | 8 Claims |
| 1. An image forming apparatus connectable to a peripheral unit operable to transport a recording medium, the image forming
apparatus comprising:
a communication device facilitating communication with the peripheral unit; and
a controller controlling transporting the recording medium by the peripheral unit using communication from the communication
device,
wherein the controller sets a plurality of transport speeds, each of which corresponds to a predetermined identification code,
to the peripheral unit and specifies the transport speed by using the predetermined identification code to the peripheral
unit,
wherein the controller transmits a number of transport speeds to be set to the peripheral unit before the controller transmits
the transport speed to the peripheral unit, and
wherein the peripheral unit returns a size of the recording medium set on the peripheral unit responsive to the peripheral
unit receiving the number of transport speeds transmitted from the controller.
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