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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2004
Masahiro Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Shida, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Hirota, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Shida, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Hirota, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system enabling a cost reduction by decreasing the number of components and having enough performance levels of individual postprocessing functions, comprising: an image forming apparatus body and at least one postprocessing unit, the postprocessing unit selectable from a plurality of types of postprocessing units, wherein a single-sheet processing machine is provided as one of the plurality of types of postprocessing units and wherein the single-sheet processing machine has a plurality of types of single-sheet processing functions for postprocessing in units of a sheet and a sheet attachment function of attaching a cover sheet or an insert sheet to an output sheet bulk.