EP3330803A3 - Image forming apparatus able to form images on both sides of sheet - Google Patents

Image forming apparatus able to form images on both sides of sheet Download PDF

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EP3330803A3
EP3330803A3 EP17201519.0A EP17201519A EP3330803A3 EP 3330803 A3 EP3330803 A3 EP 3330803A3 EP 17201519 A EP17201519 A EP 17201519A EP 3330803 A3 EP3330803 A3 EP 3330803A3
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sheet
image forming
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Keisuke Endoh
Hiroshi Hagiwara
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Canon Inc
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • G03G2215/207—Type of toner image to be fixed 
    • G03G2215/2083—Type of toner image to be fixed  duplex

Abstract

An image forming unit (5Y-5K) forms an image on a sheet. A reverse unit (70) pulls in the sheet from a main conveyance path (r1) and reverses a conveyance direction of the sheet to feed the sheet to a sub-conveyance path (r2). A control unit (101) causes a conveyance unit (51, 52, 53) to convey a first sheet that is waiting to the main conveyance path after a trailing end of a second sheet that has been fed from a feeding unit (12) and follows the first sheet has passed through a merging point (200), and moves a trailing end of the first sheet downstream of a branch point (201) before the second sheet reaches the branch point.
EP17201519.0A 2016-12-05 2017-11-14 Image forming apparatus able to form images on both sides of sheet Active EP3330803B1 (en)

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