Patent ID: 9126795
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an output unit to which a sheet having an image formed thereon is discharged; a pair of output rotary bodies to discharge the sheet to the output unit; and a controller to control the pair of output rotary bodies to feed the sheet, wherein, when plural sheets are sequentially discharged to the output unit, the controller controls overlapping output operation to, with a trailing end portion of a preceding sheet of the plural sheets being held by the pair of output rotary bodies, feed a subsequent sheet of the plural sheets to between the pair of output rotary bodies to overlap a leading end portion of the subsequent sheet with the trailing end portion of the preceding sheet, and with the leading end portion of the subsequent sheet overlapped with the trailing end portion of the preceding sheet, the controller controls the pair of output rotary bodies to rotate to discharge the preceding sheet to the output unit, wherein, at least one of when the sheet is a last sheet of a print job having no subsequent print job, after duplex printing is performed on the sheet, and when the sheet has a print coverage lower than a threshold value, the controller controls the pair of output rotary bodies to discharge the sheet without holding a trailing end portion of the sheet with the pair of output rotary bodies.