Patent ID: 8398067
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: B42B,B42C,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A sheet processing apparatus comprising: a sheet conveying unit configured to convey a sheet medium; a sheet medium retaining unit configured to stack a plurality of sheet media conveyed by the sheet conveying unit and to retain the sheet media as a sheet bundle; a binding unit configured to perform a binding process on the sheet bundle retained by the sheet medium retaining unit; a sheet bundle moving unit configured to move the sheet bundle so as to displace the sheet bundle with respect to the binding unit; a binding moving unit configured to displace the binding unit with respect to the sheet bundle; and a processing unit configured to, wherein the processing unit is configured to instruct the binding moving unit and the sheet bundle moving unit to move the binding unit and the sheet bundle respectively, when a sum of the first movement distance for the binding unit and the second movement distance for the bundle moving unit is greater than a distance that the binding unit is able to move, and the processing unit is configured to instruct the binding moving unit to move the binding unit and to instruct the sheet bundle moving unit not to move the sheet bundle when the sum of the first and second movement distances is not larger than the distance that the binding unit is able to move.