Patent ID: 8515331

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a toner image forming section that adheres toner to a sheet to form one or more toner images on one or both sides of the sheet; a discharge unit into which the sheet, on which the one or more toner images are formed on the one or both sides, is discharged; a sheet type instructing section that specifies a type of the sheet; a controller that (i) determines, based on whether the one or more toner images are formed on the one or both sides of the sheet, whether the sheet is ready to be discharged to the discharge unit, and (ii) outputs an instruction, in response to determining that the sheet is ready to be discharged to the discharge unit and based on the type of the sheet specified by the sheet type instructing section, identifying a first conveyance path or a second conveyance path for conveying the sheet to the discharge unit and for cooling the sheet while conveying the sheet to the discharge unit; and a conveying unit that conveys the sheet, on which the one or more toner images are formed on the one or both sides of the sheet, on the first conveyance path or on the second conveyance path for cooling the sheet in response to the instruction output by the controller, and discharges the sheet conveyed on the first conveyance path or the second conveyance path to the discharge unit.