Image forming apparatus that includes a plurality of sheet storage portions

摘要

An image forming apparatus of the invention includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a plurality of storage portions each configured to store the sheet with the image formed thereon by the image forming unit; an opening configured to expose the sheet stored in the storage portion to the outside; and a sheet moving unit configured to move the sheet until a leading edge of the sheet stored in the storage portion passes the opening and a portion of the sheet is exposed from the opening to the outside. The sheet moving unit exposes sheets stored in a plurality of the storage portions in a stacked manner from the opening.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a main body formed with an opening; an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a plurality of storage portions each configured to store a sheet on which the image has been formed by the image forming unit inside the main body; a sheet moving unit configured to move the sheet stored in each of the plurality of the storage portions, and stop the sheet in an exposure state in which a back part of the sheet including a back edge of the sheet is inside the main body and a front part of the sheet including a front edge of the sheet is exposed outside the main body through the opening; an attribute information adding unit configured to add attribute information to print information corresponding to a sheet to be stored in the storage portion; and a memory unit configured to store the attribute information added by the attribute information adding unit, wherein the sheet moving unit moves a first sheet stored in a first storage portion and a second sheet stored in a second storage portion, the first sheet and the second sheet corresponding to predetermined information contained in the attribute information stored in the memory unit, and stops the first sheet and the second sheet in the exposure state, wherein the front part of the first sheet and the front part of the second sheet are exposed outside the main body through the same opening.