Patent ID: 7025452

Claim:
An image forming system, comprising: an image forming apparatus; and a post processing device; wherein the image forming apparatus includes; a printer section which forms an image, while assigning a page number on a single surface or double surfaces of plural recording media fed continuously, a control means which controls a page number count, in order to assign sequential page numbers on the recording media, and a selecting device to select one of a single sided print mode and a double sided print mode, and the post processing device includes; a sheet supplying tray for housing the sheets which are to be inserted between a predetermined position of the recording media on which images have been formed, a conveyance route which conveys the inserted sheets and does not pass them through the image forming apparatus, and a post processing means for performing post processing steps, wherein the control means controls to count the page number to be assigned onto the plural sheets of recording media fed continuously, using a different counting value, based on whether the print mode is for single sided sheets or double sided sheets.