Patent ID: 6215977
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus which can record images on recording sheets in one of selected portrait and landscape orientations, comprising:a plurality of sheet supplying mechanisms which store and supply recording sheets in one of portrait and landscape orientations;a staple mechanism which can perform a staple operation in one of selected staple patterns on said recording sheet having an image recorded thereon;a punch mechanism which can perform a punch operation in one of selected punch patterns on said recording sheet having an image recorded thereon; andan image forming controller which controls a reproduction of the image on said recording sheet, a rotation sort operation in which recording sheets are alternately supplied from said sheet supplying mechanisms in the portrait and landscape orientations, and staple and punch operations, according to instructed data, wherein said image forming controller cancels said rotation sort operation and performs said staple operation when both said rotation sort and staple operations are instructed.