Post-processing apparatus and image forming system

Abstract

Provided is a post-processing apparatus including a cutting unit that cuts a sheet in a width direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction, and that is capable of cutting out part of the sheet as cutting waste, the sheet being conveyed on a conveyance path, a guide that is disposed at an upstream part and/or a downstream part from the cutting unit in the conveyance direction and that is switchable between an open position or a close position; a moving mechanism to move the guide; and a hardware processor that controls the moving mechanism such that the guide is in the open position when the sheet is cut by the cutting unit and that the guide is in the close position when the sheet is conveyed. In the open position, the guide forms a space for the cutting waste to fall down from the conveyance path, and in the close position, the guide shuts the space to guide the sheet to be conveyed.

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