Image forming apparatus and method using a transfer member for carrying a plurality of sheets

摘要

An electrographic recording apparatus having a memory for storing first and second images having different sizes and using an intermediate transfer member compares sizes of the input images of first page and second page with a size of a transfer area of the intermediate transfer member, and when a sum of the sizes of the images of the first page and the second page is less than the size of the transfer area, controls image forming means to transfer developed images of the first page and the second page to the intermediate transfer member in one process to reduce a time required for recording in a multiple sheet image recording mode.