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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1994
Tatsuo Tani, Urayasu, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a first record mode for recording an image on one or both sides of a sheet and a second record mode for recording two pages of images on one side of a sheet and two pages of images on the other side of the sheet. The apparatus also includes a first bind mode for stacking the sheets which have undergone the first record mode on a staple tray and then binding the sheets by a stapler of a type which drives a staple into an edge of a stack of the sheets from above the stack, and a second bind mode for stacking the sheets which have undergone the second record mode and then binding the sheets at a center of the sheets. The recording apparatus provides for a particular order of pages and reduces cost and space by utilizing a stapler of the type which drives a staple from above a paper stack and a staple tray for both of an edge bind mode and a center bind mode.