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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2010
Kuniyasu Kimura, Toride, JP;
Yuichiro Maeda, Kashiwa, JP;
Takuya Hayakawa, Toride, JP;
Hidenori Matsumoto, Kashiwa, JP;
Kuniyasu Kimura, Toride, JP;
Yuichiro Maeda, Kashiwa, JP;
Takuya Hayakawa, Toride, JP;
Hidenori Matsumoto, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus connected to a conveying-speed-changeable sheet post processing device includes a discharging unit which discharges a sheet in a reverse discharge mode with front and back surfaces of the image-formed sheet reversed, and a non-reverse discharge mode without front and back surfaces of the image-formed sheet reversed, and discharges the sheet at a first speed or a second speed lower than the first speed; and a control unit which controls the discharging unit to discharge the sheet at the first speed in the reverse discharge mode and at the second speed in the non-reverse discharge mode. When the sheet is discharged at the second speed, the control unit controls the discharging unit to discharge a subsequent sheet at the second speed even if the subsequent sheet is to be discharged in the reverse discharge mode.