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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Masaharu Hashizume, Aichi, JP;
Ryouta Shibayama, Aichi, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A post-processing device includes a sheet conveyer that conveys a sheet along a first direction and a sheet end detection sensor that is movable along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and that detects an end of the sheet in the second direction, wherein the second direction is a sheet width direction. The post-processing device further includes a control unit that: causes the hole puncher to move along the second direction based on a position of the end of the sheet detected by the sheet end detection sensor, adjusts a sensitivity of the sheet end detection sensor, determines, prior to adjusting the sensitivity, whether the sheet still remains at the hole puncher based on levels of output signals from the sheet end detection sensor, and outputs, upon determining that the sheet still remains at the hole puncher, a warning signal.