Patent ID: 6047148
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, comprising:a recording sheet transporting member which transports a recording sheet while holding the recording sheet thereon, said recording sheet transporting member being endless;a recording sheet re-feeding member which inverts the recording sheet transported from said recording sheet transporting member and re-feeds the inverted recording sheet to said recording sheet transporting member to thereby allow transferring images on both sides of the recording sheet;a recording sheet supplying member which supplies the recording sheet from a recording sheet storing portion toward said recording sheet transporting member;a controller which controls said recording sheet supplying member so that a supplying of the recording sheet from said recording sheet storing portion is interrupted and then re-tried in a predetermined case; andjudge means for judging whether or not a recording sheet which is to be re-tried to be supplied by said recording sheet supplying member would overlap an inverted recording sheet re-fed by said recording sheet re-feeding member,wherein said controller corrects a re-try timing at which the supplying of the recording sheet is re-tried, based on a judged result of said judge means, so that the recording sheet being retried to be supplied by said recording sheet supplying member does not overlap the inverted recording sheet re-fed by said recording sheet re-feeding member.