Patent ID: 9346646
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B65H,G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an apparatus main body having an opening portion; an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a storage portion configured to store, inside the apparatus main body, the sheet on which the image has been formed; a moving unit configured to move the sheet stored in the storage portion to protrude the sheet outside of the apparatus main body through the opening portion; a stack portion configured to stack the sheet on which the image has been formed, and having been conveyed outside of the apparatus main body without passing through the storage portion; a conveyance unit configured to convey the sheet on which the image has been formed to either the storage portion or the stack portion; a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction from outside; and a control unit configured to cause the conveyance unit to convey the sheet on which the image has been formed to the storage portion in a case where the sheet is storable in the storage portion, and configured to shift to a standby state in which the receiving unit waits for a discharge instruction to discharge the sheet outside of the apparatus main body in a case where the sheet is not storable in the storage portion, and to cause the conveyance unit to convey the sheet on which the image has been formed to the stack portion when the receiving unit receives the discharge instruction during the standby state.