Recording medium ejection device and image forming apparatus

Abstract

A job separator includes a conveyance port communicating with a paper conveyance path in a main body of an image forming apparatus, an exit port open toward a second exit tray, and a reversing port configured to switch back paper in forming images on both surfaces of the paper. A branch guide, which is configured to switch a paper conveyance direction between toward the exit port and toward the reversing port, is arranged upstream of the exit port and the reversing port in a paper ejection direction.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a recording medium discharge device for discharging a sheet-shaped recording medium, and an image forming apparatus (for example, a copier, a printer, a facsimile, etc.) equipped with the recording medium discharge device. Background technique [0002] In an image forming apparatus using electrophotography, the following steps are generally employed, that is, the electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier such as a photosensitive drum is visualized with a developer, and the toner image is transferred to paper (recording medium). ), and then the toner image is fixed on the paper by heat and pressure in the fixing section. [0003] In the image forming apparatus described above, when images are formed on both sides of a sheet, the image is formed on one side of the sheet first, and then the image is continuously formed on the back side of the sheet. In this way, when images are formed on both sides of the pape...

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[0007] However, in the structure of the image forming apparatus described above, it may not be possible to reliably suppress disorder or entanglement of the stacked state of paper depending on the amount of stacked paper and the type of stacked paper.

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