Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and control method that execute post-processing on a plurality of sheets
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorTakashi Yamashita
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus connected to a first post-processing machine that executes first post-processing on at least one of a plurality of sheets includes: an image forming device that forms an image on each of the sheet; and a controller that instructs, in response to an output of a target sheet that satisfies a specific condition from the image forming section, the first post-processing machine to execute the first post-processing on the target sheet and a stacked sheet among the sheets.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus connected to a first post-processing machine that executes first post-processing on at least one of a plurality of sheets, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming device that forms an image on each of the sheets based on each of a plurality of jobs;
- and
- a hardware processor that:
- receives a setting as to whether each of the jobs is a target for the first post-processing,
- executes a series of jobs that are each set as the target, wherein the executing of the series of jobs comprises:
- determining whether a target sheet of each of the series of jobs satisfies a specific condition,
- in response to determining that the target sheet does not satisfy the specific condition, instructing the first post-processing machine to stack the target sheet, and
- in response to determining that the target sheet satisfies the specific condition, instructing the first post-processing machine to execute the first post-processing on the target sheet and a stacked sheet among the sheets.
An image forming system comprising:
- an image forming device that forms an image on each of a plurality of sheets based on each of a plurality of jobs;
- a post-processing machine that executes post-processing on at least one of the sheets output from the image forming device;
- a hardware processor that:
- receives a setting as to whether each of the jobs is a target for the first post-processing,
- executes a series of jobs that are each set as the target, wherein the executing of the series of jobs comprises:
- determining whether a target sheet of each of the series of jobs satisfies a specific condition,
- in response to determining that the target sheet does not satisfy the specific condition, instructing the first post-processing machine to stack the target sheet, and
- in response to determining that the target sheet satisfies the specific condition, instructing the post-processing machine to execute first post-processing on the target sheet and a stacked sheet among the sheets.
A method of controlling an image forming system including an image forming device that forms an image on each of a plurality of sheets based on each of a plurality of jobs and a post-processing machine that executes post-processing on at least one of the sheets output from the image forming device, the method comprising:
- receiving a setting as to whether each of the jobs is a target for the first post-processing;
- and
- executing a series of jobs that are each set as the target, comprising:
- determining whether a target sheet of each of the series of jobs satisfies a specific condition;
- in response to determining that the target sheet does not satisfy the specific condition, instructing the first post-processing machine to stack the target sheet;
- and
- in response to determining that the target sheet satisfies the specific condition, instructing the post-processing machine to execute the post-processing on the target sheet and a stacked sheet among the sheets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.