Patent ID: 7061637
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a first image carrying member configured to carry at least one image transferred from at least one original in increasing order of corresponding sheet numbers; a second image carrying member configured to carry said at least one image transferred from said first image carrying member to at least one recording sheet; a plurality of ejection trays including a first ejection tray configured to stack said recording at least one recording sheet, which is output in a straight or forward orientation, and a second ejection tray configured to stack said at least one recording sheet, which is output in a reversed orientation; and a sheet transferring mechanism configured to transfer said at least one recording sheet to a nip formed between said first and second image carrying members, wherein said first image carrying member is configured to transfer a first image of said at least one image to a first surface of said at least one recording sheet and, said second image carrying member is configured to transfer a second image of said at least one image to a second surface of said at least one recording sheet in response to a selection of either said first ejection tray or said second ejection tray in a double-sided recording mode so that either said first ejection tray or said second ejection tray stacks said at least one recording sheet in increasing order of page numbers, and the recording sheet follows a same transporting path to the selected ejection tray as the recording sheet follows in a single-sided recording mode.