Patent ID: 7762537
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An image forming system comprising: a sheet feeding unit configured to be capable of feeding sheets of different sheet sizes; a cutting unit configured to cut an edge portion of a fed sheet; a folding unit configured to fold the sheet; a calculation unit configured to calculate a sheet utilization efficiency for each of the different sheet sizes based on an area of the sheet before cutting and the area of the sheet after cutting the edge portion by the cutting unit; and a display unit configured to display a result of the calculation unit with respect to the sheet utilization efficiency for each of the different sheet sizes, wherein the calculation unit calculates the sheet utilization efficiency based on the area of the sheet before cutting by the cutting unit and folding by the folding unit, and the area of the sheet after folding by the folding unit and cutting the edge portion by the cutting unit.