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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Yamamoto, Noda, JP;
Toshiyuki Miyake, Nagareyama, JP;
Katsuya Nakama, Nagareyama, JP;
Koji Yumoto, Toride, JP;
Riki Fukuhara, Kashiwa, JP;
Akihiro Kawakita, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprises a first conveyance unit, an image forming unit, a second conveyance unit, a stacking unit, and a control unit. The control unit controls, in a case where a sheet stacking condition of the stacking unit does not satisfy a predetermined stacking condition, the second conveyance unit to convey the sheet at a second conveyance speed that is faster than the first conveyance speed. The control unit controls, in a case where the sheet stacking condition of the stacking unit satisfies the predetermined stacking condition, the second conveyance unit to convey the sheet at a third conveyance speed that is slower than the second conveyance speed.