Patent ID: 7840172
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: at least one paper feeding section for storing a recording medium; a black-and-white image forming section for forming a black-and-white image on a recording medium; a color image forming section for forming a color image on a recording medium; a first and second paper output sections each for receiving a recording medium bearing an image formed in any one of the image forming sections; a main transport path that leads from the paper feeding section and runs through the image forming sections; a first and second paper output paths that branch from an end of the main transport path into the respective first and second paper output sections; and a subsidiary transport path that branches from a midway branching point of the second paper output path and joins a point of the main transport path upstream with respect to the image forming sections, wherein any one of the image forming sections selectively forms an image on a recording medium being transported on the main transport path, wherein the first paper output path transports a recording medium in forward and reverse directions, and wherein the image forming apparatus further comprises: