Patent ID: 9081345
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material; a receiving unit configured to receive information regarding a kind of the recording material; a conveying unit configured to convey the recording material; and a control unit configured to, when the forming unit successively forms images on a plurality of recording materials, control a sheet interval, serving as a distance between a trailing edge of a preceding recording material and a leading edge of a succeeding recording material conveyed through the conveying unit, based on the received information regarding the kind of the recording material, wherein the control unit is configured to compare a basis weight of a first recording material obtained from the information regarding the kind of the recording material with a first threshold value, set the sheet interval to a first distance when the basis weight is greater than the first threshold value, compare a value related to a printing ratio of an image formed on a second recording material, which is a last recording material that precedes the first recording material, with a second threshold value when the basis weight is equal to or smaller than the first threshold value, set the sheet interval to a second distance shorter than the first distance when the printing ratio of the image formed on the second recording material is greater than the second threshold value, and set the sheet interval to a third distance shorter than the second distance when the value related to a printing ratio of the image formed on the second recording material is equal to or smaller than the second threshold value.