US 11,720,044 B2
Image recording apparatus
Satoshi Miyase, Nagoya (JP); Yoshinori Osakabe, Seto (JP); Tsuyoshi Kuwayama, Kasugai (JP); Yasuo Ono, Nagoya (JP); Yuto Chiba, Nagoya (JP); Jun Morikawa, Nagoya (JP); and Haruka Azechi, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/816,478.
Application 17/816,478 is a continuation of application No. 17/364,933, filed on Jul. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,442,394.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-121676 (JP), filed on Jul. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0029314 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/70 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a casing having a front end and a rear end;
a first tray configured to accommodate a first recording medium;
a first print engine configured to record a first image on the first recording medium conveyed from the first tray and a first path;
a second tray configured to accommodate a second recording medium;
a second print engine configured to record a second image on the second recording medium conveyed from the second tray and a second path, the second path being located between the first path and the rear end of the casing;
a cover located in the second path and movable between an open position and a closed position; and
a controller configured to perform
determining whether the cover is away from the closed position, and
in a case where the cover is away from the closed position, executing a first process without executing a second process,
wherein the first process includes a first conveying process and a first recording process, the first conveying process being for conveying the first recording medium from the first tray toward the first print engine along the first path, the first recording process being for recording the image on the first recording medium by the first print engine, and
wherein the second process includes a second conveying process and a second recording process, the second conveying process being for conveying the second recording medium from the second tray toward the second print engine along the second path, the second recording process being for recording the image on the second recording medium by the second print engine.