Patent ID: 7912384

Claim:
An image-forming device comprising: an accommodating unit that accommodates a recording sheet; a feeding member that feeds a recording sheet that is accommodated in the accommodating unit; a conveying member that conveys the recording sheet fed by the feeding member; an image-forming member that forms an image on the recording sheet conveyed by the conveying member; a detector that detects a trailing end portion of a preceding recording sheet conveyed by the conveying member and that provides a detected timing of the trailing end portion of the preceding recording sheet, the trailing end portion of the preceding recording sheet being one of a trailing edge of the preceding recording sheet and a curled end portion of the preceding recording sheet that is adjacent to the trailing edge; an obtaining unit that obtains, from an external device, recording sheet data indicative of a thickness of the preceding recording sheet; and a controller that adjusts, when the conveying member conveys the preceding recording sheet and a subsequent recording sheet consecutively, a feeding timing at which the feeding member starts to feeds the subsequent recording sheet from the accommodating unit, based on the recording sheet data indicative of the thickness of the preceding recording sheet and the detected timing of the trailing end portion of the preceding recording sheet to control a conveying gap between the preceding recording sheet and the subsequent recording sheet.