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Image forming apparatus for designating sheet post-processing functions

US7627282B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateAug 23, 2006
Grant dateDec 1, 2009
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Expiry dateOct 1, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00827
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus including: a stapling device which applies staple processing to a portion assuming a trailing end of a sheet with respect to a transport direction of the sheet; a first punch device which applies punch processing to a portion assuming a leading end of the sheet in the transport direction of the sheet; and a second punch device which applies the punch processing to the portion assuming the trailing end of the sheet in the transport direction of the sheet, in which a setting of both a staple mode for performing the staple processing by the stapling device and a first punch mode for performing the punch processing by the first punch device is inhibited, and a setting of both the staple mode and a second punch mode for performing the punch processing by the second punch device is allowed.

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