Patent ID: 8588675
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming system comprising: a fixing device which applies heat and pressure onto a toner image formed on a recording sheet to fix the toner image on the recording sheet; a curl flattening section for flattening a curl formed on the recording sheet, and conveying the recording sheet in a downstream direction of the fixing device with respect to a sheet conveying direction; a first conveying route for conveying the recording sheet having been processed by the fixing device to the curl flattening section; a second conveying route, which is longer than the first conveying route, for conveying the recording sheet having been processed by the fixing device to the curl flattening section; a switching section for switching the conveying route of the recording sheet, having been processed by the fixing device, to guide the recording sheet to one of the first conveying route and the second conveying route; a determining section for determining a type of the recording sheet which has been processed by the fixing device and which is to be conveyed to the curl flattening section; and a control section for controlling the switching section to guide the recording sheet, having been processed by the fixing device, to one of the first conveying route and the second conveying route, based on the type of the recording sheet determined by the determining section.