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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2007
Naoki Takeuchi, Osaka, JP;
Naoki Takeuchi, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image-forming system determines a type of paper for each single sheet in a job to determine whether it is prohibited to discharge a sheet to a finisher (step S) to respond to diversifying demands to perform processes after printing using a plurality of paper types. However, the system allows paper to be included in a sheet bundle if the number of sheets is below a fixed limited number of sheets, even if paper types used are inappropriate for the finisher to be the discharge destination. (Steps S, and Spaces) Therefore, discharge to the finisher is not rejected uniformly by the type of paper; finishing can be implemented after printing with a certain degree flexibility.