Patent ID: 6888614

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a film feeding section comprising a containing tray capable of containing a plurality of sheets of photosensitive films and a shielding shutter capable of opening and closing to shield light into the containing tray; a plurality of processing sections to perform processing to a photosensitive film fed from the containing tray; a conveying mechanism to convey the photosensitive film fed from the film feeding section along a predetermined conveying path leading continuously through the plurality of processing sections; a collecting section provided at the plurality of processing sections, capable of collecting the photosensitive film on the predetermined conveying path; and a control section to control the conveying mechanism so as to convey photosensitive films in a jammed processing section in the plurality of processing sections and a processing section upstream of the jammed processing section with respect to a conveying direction of the photosensitive film in the plurality of processing sections to the collecting section when the photosensitive film is jammed on the predetermined conveying path in the plurality of processing sections.