Medium processing apparatus, image forming system, and non-transitory recording medium

An image forming system comprising:

• an image forming apparatus to form an image on a medium;
• a first conveyor to nip a medium and rotate to convey the medium supplied from the image forming apparatus in a first conveyance direction;
• a second conveyor to:
• rotate while contacting an upper face of the medium that has passed through the first conveyor;
• and
• convey the medium in a second conveyance direction different from the first conveyance direction;
• a stacker to stack media including the medium conveyed by the second conveyor;
• a binder to bind the media stacked on the stacker;
• and
• a driver to:
• drive the first conveyor and the second conveyor;
• and
• move the second conveyor between:
• a conveyance position where the second conveyor contacts the medium on the stacker to convey the medium;
• and
• a retraction position where the second conveyor is retracted from the medium on the stacker;
• a receiver to receive an operational input;
• an opening through which the media is fed from outside to the stacker;
• and
• circuitry configured to:
• control the driver and the binder;
• move the second conveyor from the conveyance position to the retraction position when a binding instruction as the operational input is input to the receiver;
• cause the binder to bind the media fed to the stacker through the opening;
• cause the binder to bind the plurality of the media manually fed through the opening;
• and
• cause the image forming apparatus to wait for image formation until the media bound by the binder is ejected through the opening,
• in a case where the image forming apparatus is instructed to form an image, with the second conveyor in the retraction position.

A non-transitory recording medium storing a program which, when executed by one or more processors of a medium processing apparatus, causes the one or more processors to perform a method, comprising controlling a driver to move a second conveyor to a conveyance position and a retraction position, the medium processing apparatus including:

• a first conveyor to nip a medium and rotate to convey the medium supplied from the image forming apparatus in a first conveyance direction;
• the second conveyor to:
• rotate while contacting an upper face of the medium that has passed through the first conveyor;
• and
• convey the medium in a second conveyance direction different from the first conveyance direction;
• a stacker to stack media including the medium conveyed by the second conveyor;
• a binder to bind the media stacked on the stacker;
• and
• the driver to:
• drive the first conveyor and the second conveyor;
• and
• move the second conveyor between:
• the conveyance position where the second conveyor contacts the medium on the stacker to convey the medium;
• and
• the retraction position where the second conveyor is retracted from the medium on the stacker.