Patent ID: 7654512
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming system comprising: at least one image forming apparatus for forming images on sheets on the basis of image data, said at least one image forming apparatus including a control portion; at least one temporary containing apparatus disposed downstream of said at least one image forming apparatus for temporarily containing therein the sheets on which the images have been formed; a separating and conveying apparatus for separating and conveying the sheets contained in said temporary containing apparatus one by one; and a sheet post-processing apparatus for (i) conveying the sheets conveyed by said separating and conveying apparatus and the sheets on which the images have been formed by said at least one image forming apparatus and which have bypassed said temporary containing apparatus in an arbitrary order, and (ii) effecting a set post-process on said conveyed sheets; wherein the control portion of said at least one image forming apparatus makes the order of outputting of the image data to the sheets contained in said temporary containing apparatus and the order of outputting of the image data to the sheets which bypass said temporary containing apparatus reverse to each other.