Patent ID: 8433208

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a rotary guide member including a guide path capable of permitting the passage of a sheet being conveyed and rotatable about a supporting shaft extending in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction to change the posture thereof in such a manner that the exit of the guide path faces toward any one of at least two conveyance destinations; a motor for changing the posture of the rotary guide member; a detector for outputting a detection signal when a predetermined posture of the rotary guide member is detected; an instructing section for outputting an instruction signal to the motor to operate the rotary guide member toward the predetermined posture when a predetermined operation which triggers the start of a process for confirming the operation of the rotary guide member using the detector is performed to the image forming apparatus; a judging section for judging whether or not the detection signal has been received from the detector in response to the instruction signal by the instructing section this time; and a notifying section for counting a consecutive occurrence number of a judgment result to the effect that no detection signal was received in response to the instruction signal this time when the judging section judged that no detection signal was received in response to the instruction signal this time and giving a notification instructing that an inspection request be made of the image forming apparatus when the consecutive occurrence number reaches a set plural number, wherein the notifying section assumes the occurrence of a sheet jam and gives a corresponding notification until the consecutive occurrence number reaches the set number after the first judgment by the judging section that no detection signal was received in response to the instruction signal this time.