Medium processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating same
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTakahiro Itou
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Abstract
A medium processing apparatus includes a placing portion, a crimp binder, and circuitry. Multiple media including a medium are placed on the placing portion. The crimp binder applies pressure and deforms the multiple media to bind the multiple media on the placing portion as a crimp binding process. The circuitry is to, when binding N sheets of the multiple media, cause the crimp binder to perform the crimp binding process when M sheets of the multiple media smaller than the N sheets (M<N) are placed on the placing portion, and cause the crimp binder to perform the crimp binding process again when all the N sheets of the multiple media are placed on the placing portion.
Claims10
A medium processing apparatus comprising:
- a placing portion on which multiple media including a medium are placed;
- a crimp binder to apply pressure and deform the multiple media to bind the multiple media on the placing portion as a crimp binding process;
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- circuitry configured to, when binding N sheets of the multiple media:
- cause the crimp binder to perform the crimp binding process when M sheets of the multiple media smaller than the N sheets (M<N) are placed on the placing portion;
- and
- cause the crimp binder to perform the crimp binding process again when all the N sheets of the multiple media are placed on the placing portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.