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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2023
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Yamashita, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/403 (2013.01); H04N 1/00623 (2013.01); H04N 1/00639 (2013.01); H04N 1/00482 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus connected to a first post-processing machine that executes first post-processing on at least one of a plurality of sheets includes: an image forming device that forms an image on each of the sheet; and a controller that instructs, in response to an output of a target sheet that satisfies a specific condition from the image forming section, the first post-processing machine to execute the first post-processing on the target sheet and a stacked sheet among the sheets.