Printing system, post-processing device and computer readable medium storing program therefor

A post-processing device comprising:

• a paper feeding unit that feeds printed continuous forms paper which has been held in a holder in reverse order to the order in which the paper has been printed by a printing unit;
• a reading unit that reads print result relevant information printed on the continuous forms paper fed by the paper feeding unit;
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• a post-processing unit that post-processes the continuous forms paper fed by the paper feeding unit, based on print result relevant information read by the reading unit, the post-processing unit includes:
• a cutting unit that cuts the continuous forms paper fed by the paper feeding unit into individual pages;
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• a sorting unit that sorts the individual pages into pages which have been printed normally and pages which have not been printed normally, based on the print result relevant information read by the reading unit, wherein
• the print result relevant information includes failure information, the failure information being of a type of failure of either an inter-job failure and intra job failure, the type of failure information causing a specific operation for the post-processing unit,
• the print result relevant information also includes normal page information specific to normal pages which have been printed normally or failed page information specific to failed pages occurred during the printing,
• the failed page information includes reusable/not reusable information indicating whether the paper for the failed pages is reusable or not reusable, and
• the post-processing unit further includes a separating unit that separates the pages sorted as failed pages by the sorting unit into reusable pages and non-reusable pages, based on the print result relevant information read by the reading unit.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

• feeding printed continuous forms paper which has been held in a holder in reverse order to the order in which the paper has been printed;
• reading print result relevant information printed on the fed continuous forms paper;
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• post-processing the fed continuous forms paper, based on the read print result relevant information,
• cutting the continuous forms paper fed by a paper feeding unit into individual pages;
• and
• sorting the individual pages into pages which have been printed normally and pages which have not been printed normally, based on the print result relevant information read by a reading unit, wherein
• the print result relevant information includes failure information, the failure information being of a type of failure of either an inter-job failure and intra-job failure, the type of failure information causing a specific operation for a post-processing unit,
• the print result relevant information also includes normal page information specific to normal pages which have been printed normally or failed page information specific to failed pages occurred during the printing,
• wherein the failed page information includes reusable/not reusable information indicating whether the paper for the failed pages is reusable or not reusable, and
• separating the pages sorted as failed pages into reusable pages and non-reusable pages, based on the print result relevant information.