Patent ID: 8078078

Claim:
An image forming apparatus which performs image formation on a one side or both sides of a record sheet, based on image data of a one-sided document constituted of a sheet which has an object such as a character and a figure recorded on a one side thereof, or image data of a double-sided document constituted of a sheet which has objects recorded on both sides thereof, comprising, a controller capable of judging whether a blank page in which no object is recorded is included, based on said image data, wherein said controller is further capable of judging whether said image data is the image data of the one-sided document or the image data of the double-sided document in a case where image formation is to be performed on both sides of a record sheet, and wherein when said controller judges that the image data is the image data of the one-sided document, said controller judges whether a blank page is included, and when said controller judges that the blank page is included, said image formation is performed excluding said blank page.