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Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a recycling automatic original document feeder for automatically feeding a plurality of originals mounted on an original mount to an image reading position and for discharging the originals so as to be returned onto the original mount after the images of the originals have been read. The apparatus further includes an original image reading device, an image recording device for recording the image on a recording medium, a mode inputting device for inputting an image forming mode, a copy-number setting device for setting a required number of image copies, a recording-medium conveying device including a recording-medium detection device, and an intermediate tray for storing the recording medium after image formation. The apparatus further includes a device for selecting switching between the first image forming mode and the second image forming mode, and an original-number counting device. When a recovering operation is performed after the occurrence of a jam, one of the first image forming mode and the second image forming mode is selected in accordance with the number of originals, the required number of remaining copies or a selection by an operator.

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