| US 7,497,427 B2 | ||
| Image forming apparatus | ||
| Takehiro Ogushi, Hachioji (Japan); Tetsuo Hirata, Hachioji (Japan); Motoki Nakamichi, Hachioji (Japan); Norishige Kato, Hachioji (Japan); and Yasushi Saitsu, Hachioji (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/424,344. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-245693 (JP), filed on Aug. 26, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0048056 A1, Mar. 01, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65H 37/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 270—58.09 [270/37; 270/52.06; 270/58.02] | 17 Claims |
| 1. An image forming system comprising:
an image forming apparatus for forming images on recording sheets, the image forming apparatus comprising an operation unit
for inputting operation instructions, including a cancellation of job instruction; and
a post-processing apparatus for conducting post-processing on the recording sheets on which the image forming apparatus has
formed the images;
wherein the post-processing apparatus comprises:
a stacker for loading thereon the recording sheets on which the images have been formed;
a stapler for conducting a stapling process on the recording sheets loaded on the stacker;
an ejector for ejecting the recording sheets; and
a controller which, when the cancellation of job instruction for a job which includes the stapling process is input via the
operation unit and when a number of the recording sheets loaded on the stacker is greater than a preset number, executes a
stapling ejection mode in which the recording sheets are subjected to the stapling process by the stapler and then ejected
by the ejector.
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