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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2012
Hitoshi Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An n image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a sheet processing apparatus including a post-processing unit to perform post-processing of sheets on a processing tray and a retaining channel disposed to accommodate at least a single sheet while the post-processing unit processes the sheets, and a controller that calculates a target interval time between an interval start sheet and an interval end sheet among the sheets output from the image forming apparatus to the sheet processing apparatus based on at least one of sheet data and post-processing data transmitted from the image forming apparatus to the sheet processing apparatus, and adjusts an interval between discharge of the interval start sheet and the interval end sheet from the image forming apparatus to the sheet processing apparatus in accordance with the target interval time.