Patent ID: 7497424
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet, comprising: a reading unit that reads a plurality of original document sheets; a supply unit that supplies a sheet for a cover and a sheet for an inner page; a designating unit for designating an original document sheet from the plurality of original document sheets to be read by the reading unit; an image forming unit that forms an image based on information on a read original document; and a control unit that controls selection of a sheet, wherein, the designating unit comprises a setting input section which designates an original document sheet for forming an image only on a sheet for a cover and designates an original document sheet for forming an image both on a sheet for a cover and on a sheet for an inner page, and the control unit performs control to supply a sheet for a cover from the supply unit when an image is formed based on an original document sheet designated by the designating unit, and to supply a sheet for an inner page from the supply unit when an image is formed based on an original document sheet not designated by the designating unit, and when an original document sheet is designated for forming an image only on a sheet for a cover, the control unit performs control to supply a sheet for a cover from the supply unit and to form an image only on the sheet for the cover based on the designated original document sheet, and when an original document sheet is designated for forming an image both on a sheet for a cover and on a sheet for an inner page, the control unit performs control to supply a sheet for a cover from the supply unit and to form an image on the sheet for the cover based on the designated original document sheet, as well as performs control to supply a sheet for an inner page from the supply unit and to form an image on the sheet for the inner page based on the same designated original document sheet.