Patent ID: 7949279

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to input image data; an image processing unit configured to process the image data; a transfer unit configured to form a developer image corresponding to the processed image data on a photosensitive member and transfer the developer image onto a sheet; a fixing unit configured to fix the developer image on the sheet; a conveyance unit configured to convey a plurality of sheets at predetermined conveying intervals from a predetermined position on a conveyance path to the transfer unit and the fixing unit; and a control unit configured to control the transfer unit and the fixing unit such that, in case that a second sheet following a first sheet is conveyed from the predetermined position by the conveyance unit after the first sheet has been conveyed to fix a developer image corresponding to processed image data of a first page by the conveyance unit, a developer image corresponding to image data of a second page is transferred onto the second sheet by the transfer unit and the second sheet is conveyed to the fixing unit if an image processing with respect to the image data of the second page following the first page has been completed, whereas the developer image corresponding to the image data of the second page is not transferred onto the second sheet by the transfer unit but the second sheet is conveyed to the fixing unit if the image processing with respect to the image data of the second page has not been completed.