Patent ID: 8746671

Claim:
A sheet conveying system comprising: a sheet conveying apparatus that sequentially conveys a plurality of first recording media; and a sheet inserting apparatus that is provided downstream of the sheet conveying apparatus in a conveying direction of first recording media, and inserts a second recording medium between first recording media, wherein the sheet inserting apparatus comprises: a first transmitting unit that transmits, to the sheet conveying apparatus, a first time indicating a receiving interval at which second recording media can be successively received from the sheet conveying apparatus, and a second time indicating a difference between a conveying time from an accumulating unit in which a second recording medium is accumulated to a merging point at which a second recording medium is inserted between first recording media and a conveying time from a sheet receiving surface of the sheet inserting apparatus to the merging point, and the sheet conveying apparatus comprises: a first conveying unit that conveys first recording media at a first interval; a first receiving unit that receives the first time and the second time; a setting unit that sets longer one of the first time and the second time as an insertion interval to insert a second recording medium; and a first conveying controlling unit that controls the first conveying unit to convey first recording media such that an interval extended by a second interval corresponding to an added value obtained by adding a conveying time corresponding to a length of the second recording medium in the conveying direction at a first speed to the insertion interval is provided between the first recording media.