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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYutaka Ando, Toshiyuki Miyake, Riki Fukuhara
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An image forming apparatus that is capable of reducing influence of a failure on execution of a print job even if a post-processing apparatus that has a sheet stacking unit breaks down. Post-processing apparatuses are connected at a downstream side of an image forming apparatus in a sheet conveyance direction and apply post-processes to the sheet discharged from the image forming apparatus. A specifying unit specifies an available downstream-most apparatus from among the post-processing apparatuses. A setting unit can set a forced discharge mode in which a sheet is discharged to the downstream-most apparatus when the downstream-most apparatus is not provided with a sheet stacking unit. When the forced discharge mode is set, apparatuses at an upstream side of the downstream-most apparatus are controlled so as to discharge a sheet to the downstream-most apparatus and the downstream-most apparatus is controlled so as to discharge the sheet outside the apparatus.
An image forming system comprising:
A control method for an image forming system comprising an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet and one or more post-processing apparatuses that are sequentially connected at a downstream side of the image forming apparatus in a sheet conveyance direction and that apply predetermined post-processes to the sheet that is discharged from the image forming apparatus, the control method comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program causing a computer to execute a control method for an image forming system comprising an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet and one or more post-processing apparatuses that are sequentially connected at a downstream side of the image forming apparatus in a sheet conveyance direction and that apply predetermined post-processes to the sheet that is discharged from the image forming apparatus, the control method comprising:
An image forming apparatus comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.