Patent ID: 6611352
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:reading means for reading an image on a document; document transporting means for sequentially transporting documents to the reading means; image forming means for forming an image on a sheet of recording paper; recording paper transporting means for transporting the sheet of recording paper; and storing means for storing image information read by the reading means, the apparatus further comprising control means, for allowing an image drawn on one side of each document to be sequentially read by the reading means and formed on both sides of each sheet of recording paper by the image forming means, for allowing an image of an odd-numbered document to be initially read by the reading means and stored into the storing means, for allowing an image of an even-numbered document to be next read by the reading means and then directly formed on one of the surfaces of a sheet of recording paper by the image forming means prior to the odd-numbered document being read out of the storing means and formed on the other surface of the sheet of recording paper, for allowing the sheet of recording paper to be turned upside down by the recording paper transporting means, for allowing the image of the odd-numbered document stored in the storing means to be then read out and formed on the other surface of the sheet of recording paper by the image forming means, and for allowing the sheet of recording paper to be transported with the other surface facing downward by the recording paper transporting means.