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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toshifumi Kakutani, Abiko, JP;
Kazumi Sato, Kashiwa, JP;
Takeyuki Suda, Nagareyama, JP;
Yousuke Hata, Ichikawa, JP;
Hirohisa Kato, Toride, JP;
Shinya Suzuki, Toride, JP;
Yoshitaka Yamazaki, Abiko, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, , JP;
Abstract
An image forming system which is capable of, when a manual stapling process is to be carried out on sheets, reducing waiting time for a user and decreasing power consumption. The image forming system has an image forming apparatus, which forms images on sheets, and a sheet post-processing apparatus. When the sheet post-processing apparatus is to shift into a power-saving state, a movable stapler is moved to a manual stapling position. When it is detected that sheets have been set into a sheet setting unit in a state in which the image forming apparatus and the sheet post-processing apparatus have shifted into the power-saving state, the image forming apparatus is held in the power-saving state, and the sheet post-processing apparatus is returned from the power-saving state.