Patent ID: 11958709
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A post processing apparatus connectable to an image forming apparatus, the post processing apparatus comprising:
a conveyance roller pair configured to convey a sheet on which an image is formed by the image forming apparatus;
a staple tray on which the sheet conveyed by the conveyance roller pair is to be stacked;
an aligning member pair configured to align a bundle of sheets which are conveyed by the conveyance roller pair and stacked on the staple tray;
a stapling unit configured to staple the bundle of sheets stacked on the staple tray and aligned by the aligning member pair;
a sheet discharge tray onto which the bundle of sheets stapled by the stapling unit is discharged through a discharging port,
wherein the post processing apparatus has a manual stapling mode to staple sheets inserted by a user through the discharging port and placed on the staple tray; and
a notification unit configured to notify the user of a position on the staple tray at which the sheets should be placed in the manual stapling mode.