Patent ID: 6430377
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus for forming images on paper sheets, which has a sorter for sorting paper sheets with images onto a plurality of bins, the apparatus comprising:an alarming/stopping section for indicating occurrence of a jam and stopping an image forming operation of the image forming apparatus when the jam is detected during the image forming operation; a first checking section for determining, when a process for dealing with the jam indicated by the alarming/stopping section is completed and a restart of the image forming operation is instructed, whether an operation for forming a plurality of copy sets by making a plurality of copies of each of a plurality of originals in a predetermined order is set; a second checking section for determining, when the first checking section has determined that said operation for forming a plurality of copy sets by making a plurality of copies of each of a plurality of originals is set, whether there is an original a preset number of copies of which have not been made; a first control section for removing, when the second checking section has determined that there is an original a preset number of copies of which have not been made, copy sheets which are obtained by copying said original and are sorted onto the plural bins; and a second control section for restarting, after the first control section has removed the copy sheets of said original, the image forming operation from copying of said original in said predetermined order of the plural originals.