Image forming apparatus for forming a plurality of page images formed on one side of sheet on both sides of sheet
US5999767A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 26, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 26, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00586
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit for forming images of two pages on one side of a sheet and forming images of other two pages on the other side of the sheet, a storage unit for storing an image to be formed by the image forming unit, and a control unit for controlling to store images in the storage unit in a first mode of fastening or to fasten the longer side of the sheet so as to locate an image of a (4N-1)-th page at the back side of an image of a (4N-3)-th page and locate an image of a 4N-th page at the back side of an image of a (4N-2)-th page, and in a second mode of fastening or to fasten the shorter side of the sheet so as to locate an image of a 4N-th page at the back side of an image of a (4N-3)-th page and locate an image of a (4N-1)-th page at the back side of an image of a (4N-2)-th page, wherein the image forming unit forms the images in the storage unit located by the control unit, on the sheet.
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