Patent ID: 7877056

Claim:
An image forming system comprising: an image forming apparatus; a plurality of post-processing apparatuses that post process recording media discharged from said image forming apparatus, wherein the plurality of post-processing apparatuses are serially arranged downstream of the image forming apparatus and provide a common conveying path that extends from the image forming apparatus; a plurality of inserting apparatuses that supply inserting media to the plurality of post-processing apparatuses, wherein each of the plurality of inserting apparatuses is adapted to convey an inserting medium into the common conveying path, with the inserting media conveyed from the respective inserting apparatuses being insertable at different positions along the common conveying path; a first selection unit adapted to select a post-processing apparatus among the plurality of post-processing apparatuses; a second selection unit adapted to select at least one of the plurality of inserting apparatuses for supplying the inserting media; and a selection limitation unit adapted to limit, based on each position of the plurality of post-processing apparatuses and different insertion positions at which the plurality of inserting apparatuses insert the insertion media to the common conveying path, a combination of the post-processing apparatus selected by the first selection unit and the at least one of the plurality of inserting apparatus selected by the second selection unit.