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Patent No.:

US 8554128 B1

Date of Patent:

Oct. 08, 2013

Filed:

Oct. 06, 2008

Sheet processing apparatus having a sheet insertion function, control method therefor, image forming apparatus, and program for implementing the control method

Applicants:

Yasuo Fukatsu, Abiko, JP;

Norifumi Miyake, Kashiwa, JP;

Takayuki Fujii, Toshima-ku, JP;

Tsuyoshi Moriyama, Toride, JP;

Takako Hanada, Yokohama, JP;

Kuniyasu Kimura, Toride, JP;

Toshiyuki Miyake, Toride, JP;

Inventors:

Yasuo Fukatsu, Abiko, JP;

Norifumi Miyake, Kashiwa, JP;

Takayuki Fujii, Toshima-ku, JP;

Tsuyoshi Moriyama, Toride, JP;

Takako Hanada, Yokohama, JP;

Kuniyasu Kimura, Toride, JP;

Toshiyuki Miyake, Toride, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;

Attorney:

Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP

Primary Examiner:

Matthew G Marini

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G03G 15/00 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

Abstract

A sheet processing apparatus which is capable of improving operability while suppressing an increase in apparatus size. In a front cover insertion mode, an insertion sheet for a front cover is inserted into a bundle of sheets on which images have been formed, and in a rear cover insertion mode, an insertion sheet for a rear cover is inserted into the bundle of sheets. Insertion sheets for the front cover and insertion sheets for the rear cover are set with the same orientation in a manual feed tray. An insertion sheet for the front cover stored in the manual feed trayis conveyed to a finisherin one of a face-down state and a face-up state. An insertion sheet for the rear cover stored in the manual feed trayis conveyed to the finisherin the other of the face-down state and the face-up state. The insertion sheets for the front cover and for the rear cover conveyed from the manual feed trayand the sheets on which images have been formed are stacked on the finisher

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