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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hideharu Yoneoka, Amimachi, JP;
Assignee:
Riso Kagaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ; G03G 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ; G03G 2/100 ;
Abstract
An image forming system including an image forming apparatus, one or more sorters for after-processing image-formed sheets discharged from the image forming apparatus, mode selector for selecting a sheet after-processing mode, detector for detecting the presence of sheets stored in the sheet after-processing apparatus, and controller responsive to detection by the sheet detector of presence in the sheet after-processing apparatus of sheets stored in a certain mode for disabling operation of the image forming apparatus when an operating mode using the sheet after-processing apparatus that is different from the certain mode is selected by the mode sector.