Patent ID: 8380096

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image formation device configured to form an image on a recording medium at an image formation position; a transfer path configured to reverse and transfer the recording medium to the image formation position; a pair of rotation rollers provided upstream from the image formation device relative to a transfer direction of the recording medium and configured to nip the recording medium in the transfer path at an upstream position relative to a position where the recording medium is completely reversed; a pull-in path provided at a downstream position relative to the pair of rotation rollers situated in the transfer path, to which the recording medium is pulled in; and a transfer control device configured to control pulling in the recording medium from the image formation position to the pull-in path by reversing the transfer direction of the recording medium after a rear end of the recording medium passes through the pair of rotation rollers and before completing forming an image on a side of the recording medium, and then transferring the recording medium back to the image formation position by reversing the transfer direction of the recording medium again, when the recording medium is fed and transferred to the image formation position in the transfer path.