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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
May. 17, 2024
Yasunobu Kidoura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryohsuke Akaishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Kuno, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Horita, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunobu Kidoura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryohsuke Akaishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Kuno, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Horita, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a sheet laminator, a post-processing apparatus, and circuitry. The sheet laminator includes a heater. The sheet laminator applies heat and pressure on a two-ply sheet in which a sheet medium is inserted while conveying the two-ply sheet. The post-processing apparatus performs a task. The circuitry is to calculate a task time taken for the task performed by of the post-processing apparatus, and perform one of increasing a temperature of the heater of the sheet laminator while the post-processing apparatus performs the task or maintaining the temperature of the heater of the sheet laminator while the post-processing apparatus performs the task, based on the task time in a productivity mode.