Patent ID: 9229413
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B65H,G03G,G06K,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet based on a job; a sheet conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet through a conveyance path; and a control unit configured to control conveyance of a sheet, wherein when a jam has occurred in a sheet during conveyance, the control unit sets order information of dischargeable sheets among unusable sheets remaining inside the apparatus after occurrence of the jam based on whether there is an unusable sheet on which image formation has been completed in the image forming unit, and discharges the unusable sheet to an outside of the apparatus through the conveyance path based on the set order information, and wherein the control unit changes an order and performs the discharge of the dischargeable sheets as a result of an order information determination in the setting of the order information.