Delivery processing apparatus and image forming apparatus

Abstract

The present invention relates to a delivery processing apparatus for delivering a sheet after implementing a prescribed sheet processing upon aligning the sheet, comprising an aligning means for aligning a sheet, a conveying means for conveying the sheet to the aligning means and a bundle delivering means disposed on an upstream side of the aligning means in a sheet conveyance direction for delivering a sheet bundle done with a sheet processing. The bundle delivering means is able to choose a conveyable state for conveying the sheet upon nipping the sheet and a non-conveyance state for not conveying the sheet, and wherein when a first sheet among plural sheets to be conveyed to the aligning means by the conveying means is conveyed the conveyable state is chosen whereas when a sheet of the second or later is conveyed the non-conveying state is chosen.

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