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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2007
Junichi Iida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Tokita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromoto Saitoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Tokyo, JP;
Naohiro Kikkawa, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Iida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Tokita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromoto Saitoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Tokyo, JP;
Naohiro Kikkawa, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A copy machine achieves a reduction in power consumption when performing a saddle-stitching operation. An image forming unit forms visible images on recording sheets in accordance with image data stored in a memory device. A post-processing unit collects the recording media on an individual copy basis to prepare a bundle of the recording sheets, and performs a saddle-stitching process and a center-folding process on the bundle of the recording sheets. The post-processing unit ejects the processed recording sheets onto a predetermined eject tray. A system control part determines whether or not a total number of the recording sheets corresponding to the image data is within a limit number for the saddle-stitching process. When the total number of the recording sheets exceeds the limit number for the saddle-stitching process, the recording sheets are ejected onto the at least one eject tray other than a predetermined eject tray.