Patent ID: 9067337
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: B27F,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus to which a stapler to perform stapling processing on a recording material is connectable, comprising: a power source configured to supply electric current to the image forming apparatus and the stapler with the stapler being connected to the image forming apparatus; and a control unit configured to prohibit start of the stapling processing in a first time period when a current value of electric current supplied from the power source to the image forming apparatus reaches a maximum current value and in a second time period immediately before the first time period, wherein, in a case where the stapling processing starts before the second time period, the control unit sets the second time period so that a sum of the current value of the electric current supplied from the power source to the image forming apparatus and a current value of electric current supplied from the power source to the stapler is equal to or less than a limit current value in a time period when a time period of performing the stapling processing and the first time period partially overlap.