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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
May. 24, 2022
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Minoru Asakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 35/02 (2006.01); B65H 35/00 (2006.01); B65H 43/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 35/0093 (2013.01); B65H 43/08 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1914 (2013.01); B65H 2801/27 (2013.01);
Abstract
A post-processing apparatus that performs post-processing on paper in which an image is formed, the apparatus including: a paper cutter that cuts the paper in which the image is formed; a reader that reads the paper cut by the paper cutter; and a hardware processor that determines whether a cutting position of the paper cut by the paper cutter is good or not based on a read result read by the reader, wherein the hardware processor determines whether the cutting position of the paper in which partial cutting is performed is good or not, the partial cutting being cutting a portion of the paper by the paper cutter.