Patent ID: 7711281
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for forming images, comprising: an image forming unit which forms an image on a recording medium and transfers the image on the recording medium to a sheet; a finishing processing unit which applies finishing processing to the sheet, which has been transported from said image forming unit; a setting unit which sets a time between sheets in accordance with finishing processing to be executed, the time between sheets being a period of time from end of image formation of an image to be transferred to a first sheet to start of image formation of an image to be transferred to a second sheet following the first sheet, the end of image formation being associated with a timing for executing the finishing processing; and a controller which determines, based on the time between sheets set by said setting unit, an adjusting processing regarding image quality to be started during the period of time from the end of the image formation of the image to be transferred to the first sheet to the start of the image formation of the image to be transferred to the second sheet, and executes the determined adjusting processing during the period of time; wherein said setting unit sets the time between sheets based on the longer one of processing time required for executing the finishing processing and processing time required for executing the determined adjustment processing.