Patent ID: 8045912

Claim:
An image forming system comprising: an image forming unit that forms images based on a plurality of document pages on a plurality of recording media to form a printed matter; a special sheet feeding unit that stores a special sheet group constituting one set in which a plurality of different types of special sheets are arranged in a predetermined order; a division setting input that accepts an instruction for dividing one printed bundle into a plurality of groups so that the one printed bundle is composed of recording media of the plurality of groups; a special sheet setting input unit that accepts the number of the special sheets constituting the one set and a page of which the special sheet is inserted into the plurality of groups, and is configured to insert the special sheet into the recording media of the plurality of groups after the one printed bundle is divided into the plurality of groups; and a control unit that sets a special sheet inserted into a first place in each of the plurality of groups to a special sheet arranged at a top of the one set when the special sheet setting input unit accepts the page of which the special sheet is inserted and when the division setting input unit accepts the instruction for dividing the one printed bundle into the plurality of groups.