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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2015
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihisa Kamata, Hadano, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeding unit; an image forming unit; a conveying unit; sheet detectors disposed on a conveyance path to detect a sheet; a sheet ejection unit which, if a jam occurs on the conveyance path, ejects a remaining sheet on the conveyance path after a sheet that has caused the jam is removed; and a control unit which stores, in a storage unit, information representing a confirmed section of the conveyance path, the confirmed section being a section confirmed to have no remaining sheet as a result of ejection of the remaining sheet, and which, if one of the sheet detectors detects a first sheet that has reached the confirmed section after recovery from the jam, allows the sheet feeding unit to feed second and subsequent sheets.