Patent ID: 7142806
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus capable of connecting to a sheet post-processing equipment, comprising: an image data inputting unit configured to input a plurality of pages of image data to be formed as images on sheets; an image forming unit configured to form the image on the sheet based on the image data inputted with the inputting unit; a retaining unit including a first conveying path branching from a second conveying path of the sheet post-processing equipment, the retaining unit temporarily retaining the sheet having the image formed thereon by the image forming unit, and then while the sheet post-processing equipment is performing post-processing of a sheet bundle, conveying the sheet to the sheet post-processing equipment; and a control unit differentiating an order of pages on which the image is formed from an order of pages at a time of normally forming the image in the sheet bundle, as to which the sheet post-processing equipment performs the post-processing.