Patent ID: 6791725
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium by using recording means, comprising:deciding means for, after an image formation for a predetermined recording medium is performed and prior to an operation to eject the predetermined recording medium, deciding whether or not an image formation for a subsequent recording medium is to be performed; and control means for simultaneously performing an ejection of the predetermined recording medium for which an image has been formed and a feeding of the subsequent recording medium, when it is decided by said deciding means that the image formation for the subsequent recording medium is to be performed, wherein said control means controls the ejection and the feeding to produce a time period during which the feeding is performed at a same time as the ejection, and wherein said control means is adapted to determine a position of the predetermined recording medium in accordance with the length of the predetermined recording medium and a conveyed amount of the predetermined recording medium, and controls a start of the feeding of the subsequent recording medium.