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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2014
Naoki Saitoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomomi Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Noda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Moriwaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Saitoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomomi Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Noda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Moriwaki, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an output unit, a pair of output rotary bodies, and a controller. A sheet having an image formed thereon is discharged to the output unit. When plural sheets are sequentially discharged to the output unit, the controller controls overlapping output operation to, with a trailing end portion of a preceding sheet of the plural sheets being held by the pair of output rotary bodies, feed a subsequent sheet of the sheets to between the pair of output rotary bodies to overlap a leading end portion of the subsequent sheet with the trailing end portion of the preceding sheet. With the leading end portion of the subsequent sheet overlapped with the trailing end portion of the preceding sheet, the controller controls the pair of output rotary bodies to rotate to discharge the preceding sheet to the output unit.