Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a conveyor configured to convey a sheet medium in a conveying direction;
• an image forming part configured to form an image on the sheet medium being conveyed by the conveyor;
• a cutting part configured to be moved in a direction crossing the conveying direction;
• a signal outputting part configured to output a state signal indicating whether or not the sheet medium is cut;
• a reporting part;
• and
• a controller,
• wherein the controller is configured to execute:
• an image forming process of conveying the sheet medium by the conveyor and forming the image on the sheet medium by the image forming part based on an image forming instruction;
• and
• a cutting process of moving the cutting part, and
• in a case where the sheet medium has not been cut even though the cutting process was executed in the image forming process, the controller is configured to continue the image forming process without interruption and to cause the reporting part to report information regarding a failure of cutting of the sheet medium;
• and
• wherein the information includes information urging cutting of the sheet medium manually.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a conveyor configured to convey a sheet medium in a conveying direction;
• an image forming part configured to form an image on the sheet medium being conveyed by the conveyor;
• a cutting part configured to be moved in a direction crossing the conveying direction;
• a signal outputting part configured to output a state signal indicating whether or not the sheet medium is cut;
• a reporting part;
• and
• a controller,
• wherein the controller is configured to execute:
• an image forming process of conveying the sheet medium by the conveyor and forming the image on the sheet medium by the image forming part based on an image forming instruction;
• and
• a cutting process of moving the cutting part, and
• in a case where the sheet medium has not been cut even though the cutting process was executed in the image forming process, the controller is configured to continue the image forming process without interruption and to cause the reporting part to report information regarding a failure of cutting of the sheet medium;
• and
• wherein the cutting part is disposed upstream of the image forming part in the conveying direction.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a conveyor configured to convey a sheet medium in a conveying direction;
• an image forming part configured to form an image on the sheet medium being conveyed by the conveyor;
• a cutting part configured to be moved in a direction crossing the conveying direction;
• a signal outputting part configured to output a state signal indicating whether or not the sheet medium is cut;
• a reporting part;
• and
• a controller,
• wherein the controller is configured to execute:
• an image forming process of conveying the sheet medium by the conveyor and forming the image on the sheet medium by the image forming part based on an image forming instruction;
• and
• a cutting process of moving the cutting part, and
• in a case where the sheet medium has not been cut even though the cutting process was executed in the image forming process, the controller is configured to continue the image forming process without interruption and to cause the reporting part to report information regarding a failure of cutting of the sheet medium;
• and
• wherein in a case where the sheet medium has not been cut, the controller is configured to execute the cutting process again.

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• a conveyor configured to convey a sheet medium in a conveying direction;
• an image forming part configured to form an image on the sheet medium being conveyed by the conveyor;
• a cutting part disposed upstream of the image forming part in the conveying direction and configured to be moved in a direction crossing the conveying direction;
• a reporting part;
• and
• a controller,
• wherein the controller is configured to execute:
• an image forming process of conveying the sheet medium by the conveyor and forming the image on the sheet medium by the image forming part based on an image forming instruction;
• and
• a cutting process of moving the cutting part, and
• in a case where the sheet medium has not been cut even though the cutting process was executed in the image forming process, the controller is configured to continue the image forming process without interruption and to cause the reporting part to report information regarding a failure of cutting of the sheet medium.

An image forming method executable by an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus including:

• a conveyor configured to convey a sheet medium in a conveying direction;
• an image forming part configured to form an image on the sheet medium being conveyed by the conveyor;
• a cutting part disposed upstream of the image forming part in the conveying direction and configured to be moved in a direction crossing the conveying direction;
• and a reporting part, the method comprising:
• an image forming process of conveying the sheet medium by the conveyor and forming the image on the sheet medium by the image forming part based on an image forming instruction;
• and
• a cutting process of moving the cutting part,
• wherein in a case where the sheet medium has not been cut even though the cutting process was executed in the image forming process, the image forming process is continued without interruption and information regarding a failure of cutting of the sheet medium is reported by the reporting part.