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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2021
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Sho Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshito Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Shinya Monma, Kanagawa, JP;
Joji Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Nozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a sheet processing device, and control circuitry. The image forming apparatus forms an image on a sheet. The sheet processing device performs post-processing on the sheet. The sheet processing device includes a first conveyance path through which the sheet is conveyed and subjected to the post-processing and a second conveyance path through which the sheet is conveyed without the post-processing. In response to an instruction of print jobs including both a print job of one or N copies subjected to the post-processing and a print job not subjected to the post-processing, the circuitry executes the job not subjected to the post-processing during execution of an M-th copy of the job subjected to the post-processing and causes the sheet to be conveyed through the second conveyance path, where N is two or greater and M satisfies 1≤M<N.