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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Kanematsu, Inagi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a sheet, a binding unit capable of executing a binding process for a sheet bundle provided from the image forming unit and a sheet bundle inserted by a manual operation of a user, a detection unit to detect the inserted sheet bundle, an operation unit to input a user instruction for binding the sheet bundle, and a control unit to control, when the user instruction is not inputted via the operation unit before a limited period elapses since the detection unit has detected the sheet bundle, the binding unit to execute the binding process for the inserted sheet bundle in response to the elapsing of the limited period after the detection unit has detected the sheet bundle, when the user instruction is inputted via the operation unit before the limited period elapses since the detection unit has detected the sheet bundle, the binding unit to execute the binding process for the sheet bundle before the limited period is elapsed.