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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2024
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaro Harada, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing system includes a printing apparatus that performs printing on a medium, a post-processing apparatus including a folding process section that performs a folding process of folding a medium bundle formed of a plurality of the media, and a control apparatus, the post-processing apparatus including a post-processing section that performs post-processing different from the folding process of folding the media, and the control apparatus, when the folding process is performed on a plurality of medium bundles, causing the printing apparatus to start a printing process on a first medium of the medium of a second medium bundle after printing on a last medium of the media of the first medium bundle ends but before the folding process on the first medium bundle starts, and puts the printed first medium on standby in the post-processing section until the folding process on the first medium bundle ends.