| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus that, when an unexpected sheet is conveyed, conducts appropriate conveyance. <P>SOLUTION: In the image forming apparatus and the sheet conveying method for the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus includes: a medium sensor arranged halfway in a sheet conveying path and configured to output a signal corresponding to thickness of a sheet; a sheet feeder configured to extract sheets one by one; and a storage configured to store weighting and a threshold for each sheet type and store an outlet corresponding to the sheet feeder, when a difference of thickness that is an absolute value of a difference between weighting of set thickness and weighting of detected thickness is equal to or larger than a threshold, the image forming apparatus discharges the sheet to the outlet of the sheet corresponding to the sheet feeder without causing the sheet to pass through a transfer device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT</p> |
