IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, an image forming unit, a storage portion, a moving unit, a stack portion, and a conveyance unit, wherein if the storage portion can store the sheet, the conveyance unit conveys the sheet on which the image has been formed to the storage portion, and if the storage portion cannot store the sheet, the image forming apparatus transitions to a standby state and waits for a discharge instruction, and when the discharge instruction is received, the conveyance unit conveys the sheet on which the image has been formed to the stack portion.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an apparatus main body having an opening portion; an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a storage portion configured to store, in the apparatus main body, the sheet on which the image has been formed; a moving unit configured to move the sheet stored in the storage portion to protrude the sheet out of the apparatus main body through the opening portion; a stack portion configured to stack the sheet on which the image has been formed, and having been conveyed outside of the apparatus main body without passing through the storage portion; and a conveyance unit configured to convey the sheet on which the image has been formed to either the storage portion or the stack portion, wherein, if the storage portion can store the sheet, the conveyance unit conveys the sheet on which the image has been formed to the storage portion, and wherein, if the storage portion cannot store the sheet, the image forming apparatus transitions to a standby state and waits for a discharge instruction, and in a case where the discharge instruction is received in the standby state, the conveyance unit conveys the sheet on which the image has been formed to the stack portion.