Patent ID: 7242902
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit that forms at least one image on a sheet; a double-sided sheet conveying path which the sheet passes when being conveyed back to said image forming unit again to form an image on an opposite side surface of the sheet after an image is formed on one side surface of the sheet; a retaining member that is provided on said double-sided sheet conveying path to retain a plurality of sheets at a predetermined position in said double-sided sheet conveying path; a post-processing device that carries out post-processing on sheets on which images have been formed by said image forming unit; and a controller that controls conveyance of the sheet, wherein said controller provides control to convey the sheet on which the at least one image has been formed by said image forming unit to said double-sided sheet conveying path, cause said retaining member to temporarily retain the plurality of sheets at the predetermined position in said double-sided sheet conveying path, and then convey the plurality of sheets as a unit to said post-processing device via said double-sided sheet conveying path.