Patent ID: 8500123

Claim:
A sheet processing apparatus for operatively connecting to a sheet output of a printing apparatus, comprising: a sheet input configured to receive a printed recording sheet from a sheet output of a printing apparatus; at least one processing unit configured to process a sheet received at the sheet input; and at least one support configured to support the apparatus on a floor, the at least one support comprising: a support frame, the support frame supporting the sheet input and the at least one processing unit; at least one base member; first vertically elongated guiding members and second vertically elongated guiding members, the second vertically elongated guiding members being slideably arranged at the first vertically elongated guiding members, the first vertically elongated guiding members being connected to the at least one base member, and the second vertically elongated guiding members being connected to the support frame; and at least one height adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a vertical position of at least one of the second vertically elongated guiding members relative to a corresponding one of the first vertically elongated guiding members, thereby adjusting a vertical position of the sheet input, wherein the support frame is located above the bottom of the at least one processing unit.