Patent ID: 6034783
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:a storage unit for storing image data;print means for printing the image data on a sheet;ejection means for ejecting a printed sheet;first control means for controlling said storage unit to temporarily store image data in a first page order, reading the image data stored in said storage unit in a second page order, the first and second page orders being reverse to each other, controlling said print means to print the read image data on a sheet, and controlling said ejection means to eject the sheet with a printed face of the sheet being turned upward;second control means for reading the image data stored in said storage unit in the first page order, controlling said print means to print the read image data, and controlling said ejection means to eject the sheet with the printed face being turned downward, if the capacity of said storage unit becomes full while the image data is stored by said first control means in said storage unit; andthird control means for controlling said print means to print the image data of a remaining page not stored in said storage unit in the first page order, and controlling said ejection means to eject the sheet with the printed face being turned downward, without storing the image data in said storage unit, after a process is executed by said second control means.