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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
May. 12, 2003
Nobuyuki Ueda, Yamatokooriyama, JP;
Yuji Okamoto, Souraku-gun, JP;
Kaoru Ishikura, Kyoto, JP;
Kenji Takahashi, Yamatokooriyama, JP;
Takashi Imai, Nara, JP;
Shuhji Fujii, Souraku-gun, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
For performing double-side printing, an image forming apparatus forms an image on one side of a sheet and then reverses the sheet if the sheet has not been reversed, forms an image on the other side of the sheet and then reverses the sheet if the sheet has been reversed once, and performs idle conveyance in which an image is not formed on a sheet and then discharges the sheet if the sheet has been reversed twice. According to the image forming apparatus and a method of forming an image by this apparatus, procedures of image formation by a user can be prevented from becoming troublesome and the sheets can be discharged in order of the originals.