Patent ID: 8411314

Claim:
An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a sheet by transferring an image generated based on input image data onto an intermediate transfer member page by page and further transferring the image transferred onto the intermediate transfer member onto the sheet, the image forming apparatus comprising: a transfer unit for transferring images to the intermediate transfer member; a receiving unit configured to receive delay information; a control unit configured to cause the transfer unit to transfer an image of a first page to the intermediate transfer member based on the input image data; and a determination unit configured to determine whether the transfer unit can transfer an image of a second page, which follows the first page, side by side with the image of the first page in a time in which the intermediate transfer member having the transferred image of the first page is rotated to move a transfer position for the image of the second page on the intermediate transfer member to a predetermined position, wherein the control unit is configured to control, if a result of the determination by the determination unit is negative and the delay information has been received by the receiving unit, the transfer unit to transfer, after transferring the image of the first page onto the intermediate transfer member, the image of the second page side by side with the image of the first page after rotating the intermediate transfer member at least one revolution, and configured to control, if the result of the determination by the determination unit is negative and the delay information has not been received by the receiving unit, the transfer unit to transfer, after transferring the image of the first page onto the intermediate transfer member, the transferred image of the first page onto the sheet without transferring the image of the second page side by side with the image of the first page.