Patent ID: 7296788

Claim:
A sheet post-process apparatus, comprising: a plurality of rollers which receive and convey sheets conveyed from a multi-function peripheral; a waiting tray which is provided in a conveying path, and holds some of the sheets conveyed from the rollers when a bundle of sheets needs to be post-processed; a processing tray which receives the sheets from the waiting tray and other sheets forming the bundle of sheets, before the bundle of sheets is post-processed, wherein the waiting tray and the processing tray are arranged vertically with a vertical distance from an upstream end of the waiting tray to a downstream end of the processing tray being shorter than a vertical distance from a downstream end of the waiting tray to an upstream end of the processing tray; a post-process mechanism which carries out a post-process on the bundle of sheets on the processing tray; and a storage tray which stacks the bundle of sheets conveyed, wherein the bundle of sheets is provided across and in contact with both the processing tray and an end portion of the storage tray before being post-processed and stacked on the storage tray, and wherein the waiting tray includes two tray parts that move in a horizontal direction.