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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2018
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Matsumoto, Okazaki, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus detects an attribute of paper for each sheet of paper. A post-process apparatus performs a post-process for each group of paper including a designated number of sheets of paper. A controller of the image forming apparatus determines for each sheet of paper, whether or not a designated post-process is prohibited based on prohibition rule data which defines permission and prohibition of the post-process in accordance with the attribute of paper for each type of post-process and the detected attribute of paper. When the controller determines that the designated post-process is prohibited, the controller determines whether or not a sheet of paper which resulted in determination as prohibition is a sheet of paper intermediate between the first sheet of paper and the last sheet of paper in the group of paper, and has an image forming system perform a process in accordance with a result of determination.
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