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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2007
Yoshiyuki Taira, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Taira, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a sheet based on image data and performing post-processing with respect to the sheet having the image, includes a post-processing designator for designating a post-processing side of a sheet bundle, and a post-processing position with respect to the post-processing side. The post-processing designator identifies four sides of the sheet based on combination information relating to combination of discrimination as to whether the post-processing side is a long side or a short side of the sheet, and discrimination as to whether the post-processing side is a left side, a right side, an upper side, or a lower side of the sheet, depending on whether the image to be formed on the sheet is a portrait image or a landscape image, and designates the post-processing side by using the combination information.