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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2010
Ryuuichi Shiraishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuuichi Shiraishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system includes an image forming unit that forms images on recording materials; a stacking unit used for stacking the recording materials having the images formed thereon as a bundle; a first binding unit that binds, by a first binding operation, first edge portions of the bundle; a second binding unit that binds, by a second binding operation, second edge portions of the bundle; a reversing transporting unit that reverses front and back surfaces of the recording materials having the images formed thereon, and that transports the reversed recording materials to the stacking unit; and a controller that performs control to determine whether or not to cause the reversing transporting unit to reverse and transport the recording materials, on the basis of orientations of the images with respect to the recording materials and positions of the first and second binding operations.