Patent ID: 7242417

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a storage means containing a recording sheet; a supply member operable to supply the recording sheet from the storage means; a feeding member operable to feed the recording sheet supplied by the supply member; and an image forming means operable to perform image formation on the recording sheet fed by the feeding member; a direction-changing means operable to change the direction of the recording sheet supplied by the supply member so that the direction of short sides of the recording sheet becomes substantially parallel to the direction of long sides of the recording sheet being contained by the sheet storage means, wherein the supply member supplies the recording sheet on which image formation is possible in a supply direction parallel to short sides of the recording sheet, wherein the feeding member feeds the recording sheet in a feeding direction parallel to long sides of the recording sheet, wherein the image forming means performs image formation on the recording sheet that is being fed by the feeding member, wherein the image forming means performs image formation on the recording sheet after the direction of the recording sheet is changed by the direction-changing means, and wherein the direction-changing means includes a plurality of rollers, and performs a conveyance operation for conveying the recording sheet by rotating the rollers in the same direction, and a turning operation for turning the recording sheet around an axis perpendicular to the plane of the recording sheet by rotating the adjacent rollers in opposite directions.