Patent ID: 9703238
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming system comprising: an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet; one or more sheet carrying devices successively disposed on the downstream side of the image forming apparatus; and a control device that controls the image forming apparatus and the one or more sheet carrying devices based on a single job that designates a page configuration containing a page order and sheet types of respective pages in the single job, wherein each of the sheet carrying devices includes the control device divides the single job into sheet types based on a division condition determined beforehand, and the number of the sheet carrying device or devices disposed on the downstream side of the image forming apparatus, and determines a printing order of the divided sheet types, sheet type or types to be stored temporarily in one or more of the sheet tray units of the one or more sheet carrying devices, sheet type or types not to be stored temporarily in one or more of the sheet tray units in the one or more sheet carrying devices.