A conveyance apparatus (30; 40; 50; 60) includes a plurality of conveyors (33; 34; 41; 42; 55; 56; 61) to convey recording materials including a recording material (P1) and a succeeding recording material (P2) following the recording material (P1), an image reader (51) to read a pattern image on each of the recording materials being conveyed, and circuitry (200) to control the image reader (51) to read the pattern image on the recording material (P1) in a period including a timing, for example, at which a trailing edge of the recording material (P1) being conveyed by at least two of the plurality of conveyors (33; 34; 41; 42; 55; 56; 61) exits an upstream conveyor among the at least two of the plurality of conveyors (33; 34; 41; 42; 55; 56; 61) in a direction of conveyance of the recording materials (P1; P2).