Patent ID: 8971745
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a first copying portion including a first image forming unit that forms a first image on a sheet of paper containing an envelope, and a first fixing unit that fixes the first image formed by the first copying portion on the sheet of paper containing the envelope; a second copying portion including a second image forming unit that forms a second image on the sheet of paper containing the envelope, and a second fixing unit that fixes the second image formed by the second copying portion on the sheet of paper containing the envelope, the second copying portion being connected in series to the first copying portion at downstream side of the first copying portion along a transporting direction of the sheet of paper; a control portion that is configured to watch the first and second fixing units and to allow an envelope mode control operation to form the first and second images on the envelope when determining that both of the first and second fixing units are fixing units for the envelope, which fix the first and second images on the envelope; and an informing portion that urges a user to exchange at least one of the first and second fixing units, wherein when determining that any one of the first and second fixing units is the fixing unit for the envelope, the control portion is configured to control the informing portion to inform the user of a guidance for exchanging the other fixing unit which is determined to be not the fixing unit for the envelope from the existing fixing unit to the fixing unit for the envelope.