IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONVEYANCE CONTROL METHOD

摘要

In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises a sheet feed section and a conveyance control section. The sheet feed section is provided with a plurality of cassettes in which sheets of a plurality of categories are stored for each category of the sheets, and feeds a sheet stored in the cassettes. The conveyance control section enables, in a case in which a sheet is fed from a cassette in which sheets to be printed after the printing surfaces thereof are aligned are stored among the cassettes, a reversal unit reversing the front side and the back side of the sheet at the time when the sheet is fed to convey and discharge the sheet regardless of a printing method designated by a user.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a sheet feed section configured to feed sheets from first and second cassettes configured to store the sheets; a reversal unit configured to turn over the sheets; a conveyance control section configured to determine whether or not to convey the sheets from the first cassette to the reversal unit based on whether a printing method identification information identifies simplex or duplex printing if a cassette identification information identifies the first cassette, the conveyance control section being configured to convey the sheets from the second cassette to the reversal unit, independently of whether the printing method identification information identifies simplex or duplex printing if the cassette identification information identifies the second cassette.