Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a sheet feeding unit configured to have a first sheet cassette accommodating unused sheets on which no image is printed on either side thereof, a second sheet cassette accommodating reused sheets on which an image is printed on only one side thereof, and a manual feed tray and to selectively feed sheets accommodated in the first sheet cassette, the second sheet cassette, and the manual feed tray;
• a sheet conveying unit configured to include a sheet reversing mechanism that reverses a front side and a back side of a sheet and to convey the sheet fed by the sheet feeding unit;
• a reception section configured to receive a printing instruction;
• an image forming unit configured to form an image, based on image data indicated by the printing instruction received by the reception section, on the sheet;
• a discharge tray onto which the sheet with the image formed by the image forming unit is discharged;
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• an operation control section configured to control operations of the sheet feeding unit, the sheet conveying unit, and the image forming unit, wherein
• the reception section is configured to be capable of receiving an instruction indicating that the sheet discharged to the discharge tray is an unused sheet, fed from the first sheet cassette, on which an image is formed, or a reused sheet, fed from the second sheet cassette, on which an image is formed,
• when the reception section has received a duplex printing instruction, the operation control section controls the sheet feeding unit to feed one sheet from one of the first and second sheet cassettes indicated by the duplex printing instruction, controls the image forming unit to form an image of a first page based on image data indicated by the duplex printing instruction on one side of the sheet, and controls the sheet conveying unit to discharge the sheet on which the image is formed to the discharge tray,
• when the reception section has received the instruction indicating that the sheet discharged to the discharge tray is the unused sheet fed from the first sheet cassette, on which the image is formed, and the sheet has been set in the manual feed tray by a user, if an instruction to restart duplex printing has been received, the operation control section controls the sheet feeding unit to feed one sheet set in the manual feed tray, and controls the image forming unit to form an image of a second page based on the image data indicated by the duplex printing instruction on the other side of the sheet, and
• the operation control section controls the sheet feeding unit to feed a sheet from one of the first and second sheet cassettes indicated by the duplex printing instruction, and controls the image forming unit to form images of a third page and subsequent pages based on the image data indicated by the duplex printing instruction on both sides of sheets.