Patent ID: 7380779

Claim:
A sheet processing system comprising: a plurality of sheet output devices which output a sheet; a plurality of sheet post-processing devices which apply post-processing to the sheet output from the sheet output device; a primary sheet conveyance path which provides communication from the sheet output device arranged most upstream in the sheet conveyance direction to the sheet post-processing device arranged most downstream and which conveys a sheet outputted from one of said plural sheet output devices to one of said plural sheet post-processing devices; a secondary sheet conveyance path which is disposed independently of said primary sheet conveyance path and conveys a sheet from one of said plural sheet output devices and said plural sheet post-processing devices to another adjoining one of said plural sheet output devices and said plural sheet post-processing devices; and a controller which controls said plural sheet output devices and said plural sheet post-processing devices, wherein each of said plural sheet output devices and said plural sheet post-processing devices includes said primary sheet conveyance path, and wherein said plural sheet output devices and said plural sheet post-processing devices are juxtaposed to each other to form said primary sheet conveyance path.