Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Nisca Corporation

Kozo Yamaguchi

Jinichi Nagata

Shin Tsugane

Hideo Yoshikawa

Makoto Shimura

An apparatus is provided with a processing trayto mount sheets ejected from an image formation section, aligning means (aligning plates, etc.) for aligning end portions of a sheet ejected on the processing tray, a post-processing apparatusthat performs binding processing on the sheets aligned by the aligning means, and moving means (unit moving motor, etc.) for moving the post-processing apparatusto a plurality of post-processing positions set to perform the binding processing at different binding processing target position on the sheets, and moves the sheets to a post-processing undergoing position corresponding to the post-processing position substantially in parallel with a travel direction of the post-processing apparatus. It is thereby possible to perform the binding processing on the ejected sheets appropriately while implementing the apparatus compact in size.

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Kashihara, Japan

Kozo Yamaguchi