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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2004
Toshifumi Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Toshifumi Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided which includes an image formation unit for forming images on a recording medium; a first transporting path for discharging a recording medium to a sheet discharge device; a longer second transporting path for reversing the transportation direction of the recording medium; a transporting path switching unit for switching between the first transporting path or the second transporting path; a setting unit for setting the discharge speed for discharging the recording medium from the first and second transporting paths to a recording sheet stacking unit, and also setting the reverse transportation speed; and a determining unit for determining whether or not the sheet discharge device has been connected to the image forming apparatus; wherein the setting unit sets a first discharge speed slower than the reverse transportation speed in the event that the sheet discharge device has not been connected, and otherwise sets a faster second discharge speed.