CONTINUOUS IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase an operation processing speed as a whole, regarding a continuous image forming system constituted with combination of image forming apparatuses with different conveying speeds. SOLUTION: A buffer device 42 is disposed between the high-speed first image forming apparatus 12 and the low-speed second image forming apparatus 14. In the case of forming images by the two image forming apparatuses 12 and 14, surplus continuous sheets caused by a conveying speed difference between the two apparatuses are stored in the buffer device 42. In the case of forming the images only by the first image forming apparatus 12, the continuous sheets are conveyed in the second image forming apparatus 14 at the conveying speed higher than that in the first image forming apparatus 12, and then, the number of continuous sheets stored in the buffer device 42 is reduced. The average value of the conveying speed in the second image forming apparatus 14 is increased. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT