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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1992
Masakatsu Iwata, Yokohama, JP;
Takeyoshi Kobashi, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of controlling a sheet material discharging apparatus with a sheet binding device, wherein the absence or shortage of binding materials is detected and the sheet discharging operation continues even after the absence or shortage of binding materials is detected. When a given discharge sheet materials is one which, together with other sheet materials, constitutes a set of sheet materials, and when the set contains at least two and no more than N sheet materials, the binding device is operated after the last of the sheet materials of the set is discharged, but when the set contains more than N sheet materials, the binding device is operated to bind the sheets of the set N at a time until no more than N sheets remain unbound.