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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2020
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A post-processing apparatus includes a paper alignment tray including a loading table on which a paper is to be loaded, and a side guide and an end guide to align a side in a width direction and an end in a longitudinal direction of the paper stack, respectively, a first binder including a binding unit to bind the paper stack on the paper alignment tray in a stapleless manner, the first binder displaceable to a binding location to bind the paper stack and to a separation location to separate the binding unit from the paper stack, and a controller to move the paper stack relative to the binding unit while displacing the first binder from the binding location to the separation location.