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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Hirota, Ibaraki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a discharge conveyance path configured to discharge the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming unit to outside, a reverse conveyance path configured to reverse a conveyance direction of the conveyed sheet and convey the sheet, a first conveyance path configured to guide the sheet conveyed from the image forming unit to the reverse conveyance path, a second conveyance path configured to guide the sheet reversed in the reverse conveyance path from the reverse conveyance path to the discharge conveyance path, and a reading unit configured to read the image of the sheet in the second conveyance path.