Patent ID: 11971673
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. The image forming apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising:
a first conveyance path configured to guide a sheet through the process unit and the fixing unit to the layer transfer unit; and
a second conveyance path connected to the first conveyance path at a location downstream of the process unit in a direction of conveyance of a sheet to guide a sheet to the layer transfer unit by a route not passing through the process unit and the fixing unit,
wherein the controller unit is configured to:
cause a sheet to be guided to the layer transfer unit by the first conveyance path in the first printing mode; and
cause a sheet to be guided to the layer transfer unit by the second conveyance path in the second printing mode.