Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet conveying device

A sheet conveying device comprising:

• a sensor to detect a position of a sheet among a first sheet having a first length and multiple second sheets each having a second length shorter than the first length in a sheet conveyance direction of the sheet;
• a corrector to correct the position of the sheet in at least one of a rotational direction or a width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction within a plane of sheet conveyance based on the position of the sheet detected by the sensor;
• and
• circuitry configured to:
• convey the multiple second sheets at a first conveyance speed;
• reduce the first conveyance speed of a preceding one of the multiple second sheets to a second conveyance speed lower than the first conveyance speed until a space between a trailing end of the preceding one of the multiple second sheets and a leading end of a subsequent one of the multiple second sheets becomes a difference between the first length of the first sheet and the second length of the multiple second sheets in the sheet conveyance direction while continuously conveying the multiple second sheets;
• and
• cause the corrector to convey one of the multiple second sheets at the second conveyance speed within at least a part of time in which said one of the multiple second sheets is conveyed by the corrector.