Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
Image forming system and program thereof
An image forming system including an image forming apparatus and a book binding apparatus, the image forming system includes: a first detection section which detects maximum and minimum book-body sheet length in the bundle of the book-body sheets; a second detection section which detects a thickness of the bundle of the book-body sheets; a third detection section which detects a cover sheet length; a selection section to select whether the cover sheet length is determined based on the maximum book-body sheet length or on the minimum book-body sheet length; a calculation section which calculates a cutting amount of the cover sheet according to the selection; a trimming section which cuts the cover sheet based on the calculated cutting amount; and a book binding section which encases the bundle of sheets of the book-body with the U-shaped cover sheet.
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
B
B42C
inventional
Takehiro Norishige Motoki Tetsuo Yasushi
Ogushi Kato Nakamichi Hirata Saitsu