Patent ID: 6876830

Claim:
An image forming system, comprising: an image forming device which forms an image on a recording material; a peripheral unit which is provided alongside the image forming device so as to be coupled with the image forming device, the peripheral unit subjecting the recording material, to which image forming is carried out by the image forming device, to a predetermined treatment; positioning means which determines positioning of the image forming device and the peripheral unit; and a transfer relaying device which relays the recording material supplied from the image forming device to the peripheral unit, the positioning means determining the positioning so as to cause a distance between the image forming device and the peripheral unit to be sufficient for a space provided for unjamming treatment of the recording material carried out between the image forming device and the peripheral unit, and the transfer relaying device connecting the image forming device and the peripheral unit so as to keep the space intact, except a part of the space occupied by the transfer relaying device.