Patent ID: 9602690
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G03G,H04N

Claim:
1. An image forming system comprising: an image forming apparatus including a first control unit configured to control an image forming operation with respect to a recording material; and a post processing apparatus including a second control unit configured to control a post processing operation with respect to the recording material on which an image has been formed as a result of the image forming operation, wherein the second control unit notifies the first control unit of a plurality of time periods from a time when the post processing apparatus receives a first recording material to a time when the post processing apparatus receives a second recording material conveyed next after the first recording material, each of the plurality of time periods defined based on different conditions with respect to the image forming operation, and wherein before the image forming apparatus performs the image forming operation with respect to the second recording material, the first control unit selects a time period which corresponds to a condition for performing the image forming operation with respect to the second recording material from among the plurality of time periods, of which the first control unit has been notified by the second control unit, and determines a timing to start the image forming operation based on the selected time period.