Patent ID: 6330422
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
An image formation apparatus comprising:input means for inputting an image;first stacking means for stacking a sheet;processing means for performing processing to conform a direction of an image on the sheet stacked on said first stacking means with a direction of the image input by said input means;image formation means for forming the image processed by said processing means, on the sheet;second stacking means for stacking the sheet fed from said first stacking means and the sheet on which the image was formed by said image formation means;first carrying means for reversing the sheet on which the image was formed by said image formation means, and for carrying the reversed sheet to said second stacking means; andsecond carrying means for reversing the sheet stacked on said first stacking means, and for carrying the reversed sheet to said second stacking means,wherein, prior to the sheet carrying by said first carrying means, the sheet carrying by said second carrying means starts.