Patent ID: 7604425

Claim:
A sheet processing apparatus which seals sheets for a preset number of sheets, the apparatus comprising: a display section which displays an image of a paper band, a first edge position and a second edge position, the first edge position being indicative of an area which corresponds to a combination of a front surface and a side surface of a bundle of the sheets when a preset number of sheets are wrapped with the paper band, and the second edge position corresponding to the first edge position and being indicative of an area which corresponds to a combination of the side surface and a back surface of a bundle of the sheets when a preset number of sheets are wrapped with the paper band; a setting section which sets printing contents to be printed on the paper band; a display control section which displays the printing contents set by the setting section on the image of the paper band to be displayed by the display section; a printing mechanism which prints the printing contents set by the setting section on a paper band used to seal the sheets; a band supplying section which supplies the paper band on which the printing contents set by the setting section is printed by the printing mechanism to the sealing mechanism; and a sealing mechanism which wraps the paper band around sheets for every preset number of sheets and seals the sheets.