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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Yokoya, Yoshikawa, JP;
Koji Yumoto, Toride, JP;
Riki Fukuhara, Funabashi, JP;
Akihiro Kawakita, Abiko, JP;
Yutaka Ando, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet being conveyed on a horizontal path and a double feed sensor configured to execute double feed detection processing of detecting a state in which a plurality of sheets being conveyed on the horizontal path are conveyed in a duplicate manner. The image forming apparatus includes a double feed detection function table, in which whether to enable or disable the double feed detection processing is set according to a type of a sheet. The image forming apparatus determines whether to execute the double feed detection processing at a time of image formation in accordance with sheet setting information including information on a characteristic of a sheet to be used for the image formation and setting information on whether to execute the double feed detection processing, and the double feed detection function table.