Medium processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image forming system

Abstract

A medium processing apparatus including a liquid applier, a post-processing device, a first liquid storage, a second liquid storage, a liquid supplier, and circuitry. The liquid applier applies liquid to a medium. The post-processing device performs an operation on a medium bundle including the medium with the liquid applied by the liquid applier. The first liquid storage stores the liquid for applying the liquid by the liquid applier. The second liquid storage stores liquid to be supplied to the first liquid storage. The liquid supplier supplies the liquid from the second liquid storage to the first liquid storage. The circuitry is to cause the liquid supplier to perform a supply operation to supply the liquid from the second liquid storage to the first liquid storage when an elapsed time from a last supply operation to supply the liquid exceeds a setting time determined in advance.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.