Patent ID: 8303229

Claim:
A bookbinding apparatus for performing a bookbinding processing by applying an adhesive to an end of a recording sheet bundle and sticking a cover sheet to the end of the recording sheet bundle, the bookbinding apparatus comprising: a heating unit configured to heat the adhesive; a temperature detecting unit configured to detect a temperature of the adhesive; an adhesive applying unit configured to apply the adhesive heated by said heating unit to the end of the recording sheet bundle; a determination unit configured to determine, at power-on of the bookbinding apparatus, whether or not any recording sheet bundle to which the adhesive has not been applied within the bookbinding apparatus exists; and a control unit configured to: when said determination unit determines, at the power-on of the bookbinding apparatus, that no recording sheet bundle to which the adhesive has not been applied within the bookbinding apparatus exists, control said adhesive applying unit to apply the adhesive to a recording sheet bundle after said temperature detecting unit detects that the temperature of the adhesive has reached a first temperature; and when said determination unit determines, at the power-on of the bookbinding apparatus, that a recording sheet bundle to which the adhesive has not been applied within the bookbinding apparatus exists, control said adhesive applying unit to apply the adhesive to the recording sheet bundle after said temperature detecting unit detects that the temperature of the adhesive has reached a second temperature, which is lower than the first temperature.