Patent ID: 6421139
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: B41J,G03G,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:conveying means for conveying a free-size sheet which has a size other than a regular-size; image forming means for forming an image on the sheet conveyed by said conveying means; fixing means for fixing the image formed by said image forming means, on a sheet; obtaining means for obtaining width size data and length size data of the free-size sheet; classifying means for classifying the obtained width size data of the free-size sheet, into any one of plural kinds of regular-size data; first controlling means for controlling said fixing means to fix the image on the free-size sheet, based on the size data classified by said classifying means; and second controlling means for controlling said conveying means to convey the free-size sheet, based on the size data not classified by said classifying means.