Patent ID: 8467094

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a setting unit that sets an image forming condition for an image to be formed on a sheet; a conveying unit that, when conveying a plurality of sheets on which an image is to be formed on each sheet, conveys the plurality of sheets at a first interval or a second interval shorter than the first interval; an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet conveyed by said conveying unit, based on the image forming condition set by said setting unit; and a control unit that permits changing the image forming condition set by said setting unit during execution of an operation of forming an image by said image forming unit while said conveying unit conveys the plurality of sheets at the first interval, and restricts changing the image forming condition set by said setting unit during execution of the operation of forming an image by said image forming unit while said conveying unit conveys the plurality of sheets at the second interval.