Image forming apparatus

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

an image holder;

a writing device that writes a latent image in different positions in an axial direction of the image holder at different times;

a conveyance unit that conveys a plurality of single cut-sheet recording media arrayed along a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction; and

an image forming unit that forms an image on the plurality of single cut-sheet recording media conveyed by the conveyance unit,

wherein a rear end of a single-cut recording media and a front end of a next single-cut recording media are arranged as to overlap each other in the direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image forming unit forms the image at the same timing on the respective plurality of single cut-sheet recording media.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image forming unit forms the image at different timings on the respective plurality of single cut-sheet recording media.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image forming unit has:

a developing device that develops the latent image written by the writing device; and

a transfer device that transfers a developing material image developed by the developing device to the single cut-sheet recording media conveyed by the conveyance unit, and

the writing device, the developing device and the transfer device are provided in a plurality of positions respectively.

5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a single cut-sheet recording medium supply device that arrays the plurality of single cut-sheet recording media conveyed by the conveyance unit in the direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction and supplies the plurality of single cut-sheet recording media.

6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of post processing devices that perform post processing on mutually different single cut-sheet recording media among the plurality of single cut-sheet recording media on which the image is formed by the image forming unit.

7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a positioning member that performs positioning on edges of the plurality of single cut-sheet recording media conveyed by the conveyance unit based on the edges of the plurality of single cut-sheet recording media in different directions.

8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the conveyance unit conveys the plurality of single cut-sheet recording media in different sizes in parallel.

9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the conveyance unit conveys a single cut-sheet recording medium in a first size with the medium's short side along the conveyance direction, and conveys a single cut-sheet recording medium in a second size with the medium's long side along the conveyance direction.

10. The image forming apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the conveyance unit conveys the single cut-sheet recording medium in the second size larger than the first size, with the long side of which along the conveyance direction.

11. An image forming apparatus comprising:

an image holder;

a writing device that writes a latent image in different positions in an axial direction of the image holder at different times;

a supply device that supplies a plurality of single cut-sheet recording media in parallel with each other;

a conveyance member that conveys the plurality of single cut-sheet recording media arrayed along a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction;

a driving device that drives the conveyance member; and

an image forming part that forms an image on the plurality of single cut-sheet recording media conveyed by the conveyance member,

wherein a rear end of a single-cut recording media and a front end of a next single-cut recording media are arranged as to overlap each other in the direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction.

12. The image forming apparatus according to claim 11 , further comprising a plurality of post processing devices that performs post processing on mutually different single cut-sheet recording media among the plurality of single cut-sheet recording media on which the image is formed by the image forming part.