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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2009
Makoto Ochi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiteru Nishikawa, Osaka, JP;
Kozo Tao, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming device, images of originals up to an upper limit number of stapling are read (Sto S) and image data thereof are processed (Sto S). If a paper sensor has detected a subsequent original even when the number of pages of the read images reaches NS(S, S), a finisher discharges a bundle of printed papers without stapling. Consequently, the number of the printed papers included in the discharged bundle is made less than the upper limit number. In a case where the number of the printed papers sent to the finisher (S, S) is less than a set number NS(S), the bundle is discharged without being stapled after the number of the printed papers reaches NS(S).