Patent ID: 9304464
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: B65H,G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus enabled to perform double-sided image formation in which an image is formed on a first side of a recording medium, thereafter the recording medium is turned over, and then an image is formed on a second side of the recording medium, the image forming apparatus comprising: a stacking unit in which a recording medium is stacked; a detection unit that detects a length of the recording medium which has been conveyed from the stacking unit; a determination unit that determines the number of recording media conveyable in the image forming apparatus in double-sided image formation, on a basis of a result of detection by the detection unit; and a control unit that controls, on a basis of a result of determination by the determination unit, an order in which image forming operations are performed when the double-sided image formation is performed on a plurality of recording media.