Patent ID: 9507307
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B65H,G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on a sheet; a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image formed by the image forming unit on the sheet; a double-sided conveyance path along which the sheet is conveyed to form, after a toner image is fixed to one face of the sheet by the fixing unit, a toner image on the other face of the sheet; and a control unit configured to control conveyance of the sheet, allowing the sheet to be stopped at a first standby position which is more downstream than the fixing unit in a sheet conveyance direction on the double-sided conveyance path and at a second standby position which is more downstream than the first standby position, and changing stopping time for which the sheet is stopped at the first standby position and stopping time for which the sheet is stopped at the second standby position according to a material of the sheet.