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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1999
Eiichi Ando, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit for forming images of two pages on one side of a sheet and forming images of other two pages on the other side of the sheet, a storage unit for storing an image to be formed by the image forming unit, and a control unit for controlling to store images in the storage unit in a first mode of fastening or to fasten the longer side of the sheet so as to locate an image of a (4N−1)-th page at the back side of an image of a (4N−3)-th page and locate an image of a 4N-th page at the back side of an image of a (4N−2)-th page, and in a second mode of fastening or to fasten the shorter side of the sheet so as to locate an image of a 4N-th page at the back side of an image of a (4N−3)-th page and locate an image of a (4N−1)-th page at the back side of an image of a (4N−2)-th page, wherein the image forming unit forms the images in the storage unit located by the control unit, on the sheet.