Abstract: A laminating system including: a laminator that performs lamination processing on a plurality of sheets that are conveyed; a second sheet conveyor that is on an upstream side of the laminator and that overlaps a leading end and a trailing end of respective sheets among the plurality of sheets conveyed from a first sheet conveyor including an image former or reduces an interval between the sheets so as not to generate a gap between the sheets; and a hardware processor that determines whether or not specific processing operated by temporarily interrupting an image forming operation occurs in a job, and changes an execution timing of the specific processing to a timing before a start or after an end of the job in response to determination that the specific processing occurs.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus includes: a cutter that cuts a recording medium, both sides of which are laminated with a laminate film, at a position to an outer side by a predetermined margin amount; a recording medium outer shape detector that detects an outer shape portion of the recording medium; and a hardware processor that determines a cutting position by the cutter based on a position of the outer shape portion detected by the recording medium outer shape detector.

Abstract: A laminating system including: a laminator that performs lamination processing on a plurality of sheets that are conveyed; a second sheet conveyor that is on an upstream side of the laminator and that overlaps a leading end and a trailing end of respective sheets among the plurality of sheets conveyed from a first sheet conveyor including an image former or reduces an interval between the sheets so as not to generate a gap between the sheets; and a hardware processor that determines whether or not specific processing operated by temporarily interrupting an image forming operation occurs in a job, and changes an execution timing of the specific processing to a timing before a start or after an end of the job in response to determination that the specific processing occurs.

Abstract: An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus including an image former that forms an image on a recording material; a recording material supplier that supplies the recording material conveyed from a recording material storage that stores the recording material to the image former; a characteristic detector that detects a characteristic of the recording material supplied from the recording material supplier; and a hardware processor that determines, in a case where a job is interrupted, whether recording material information corresponding to a characteristic of a recording material before the interruption matches recording material information corresponding to a characteristic of a recording material after the interruption, and restarts execution of the interrupted job in a case where the recording material information corresponding to the characteristic of the recording material before the interruption matches the recording material information corresponding to the characteristic of the record

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a measurer which measures a physical property of a medium on which an image is formed; an image forming operator which forms the image on the medium; a reader which reads the formed image; and a hardware processor which specifics a medium type based on a measurement result by the measurer and a reading result by the reader.

Abstract: An image forming device capable of performing both-side printing, statically transferring, by application of a transfer voltage, an unfixed image formed on an image carrier to a recording sheet when passing through a transfer position, and then thermally fixing the unfixed image when the recording sheet passes through a fixing position where a heating rotating body is disposed. The image forming device acquires an index value of a water content at each of a plurality of sheet-passing-direction positions of the recording sheet having undergone thermal fixing of an unfixed image statically transferred onto a first side thereof, and controls, for each of the positions, a transfer voltage applied for statically transferring an unfixed image onto a second side of the recording sheet, so that the lower the water content indexed by the index value of the position, the greater an absolute value of the transfer voltage.

Abstract: An image forming device capable of performing both-side printing, statically transferring, by application of a transfer voltage, an unfixed image formed on an image carrier to a recording sheet when passing through a transfer position, and then thermally fixing the unfixed image when the recording sheet passes through a fixing position where a heating rotating body is disposed. The image forming device acquires an index value of a water content at each of a plurality of sheet-passing-direction positions of the recording sheet having undergone thermal fixing of an unfixed image statically transferred onto a first side thereof, and controls, for each of the positions, a transfer voltage applied for statically transferring an unfixed image onto a second side of the recording sheet, so that the lower the water content indexed by the index value of the position, the greater an absolute value of the transfer voltage.

Abstract: An image forming system including: an image forming apparatus to perform fixing processing on a sheet based on setting information on a job, and outputs the sheet on which the fixing processing is performed; a humidification device to moisten the sheet outputted from the image forming apparatus, wherein the humidification device including: a pair of humidification rollers to contact with each other so as to form a nip part, and to moisten the sheet which passes through the nip part; a water-supply roller to contact with the humidification rollers so as to supply moisture to the humidification rollers; and a control section to perform dry control of the humidification rollers at a timing when the sheet does not pass through the nip part after the water-supply roller supplies the moisture to the humidification rollers.

Abstract: An image forming system including: an image forming apparatus to perform fixing processing on a sheet based on setting information on a job, and outputs the sheet on which the fixing processing is performed; a humidification device to moisten the sheet outputted from the image forming apparatus, wherein the humidification device including: a pair of humidification rollers to contact with each other so as to form a nip part, and to moisten the sheet which passes through the nip part; a water-supply roller to contact with the humidification rollers so as to supply moisture to the humidification rollers; and a control section to perform dry control of the humidification rollers at a timing when the sheet does not pass through the nip part after the water-supply roller supplies the moisture to the humidification rollers.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus, including: a booklet making section for making a booklet by covering a sheet bundle comprised of a plurality of sheets with a cover in a U-shape; a folding section for forming a fold-line on a coversheet, which covers the booklet made by the book making section; cover sheet conveyance section for conveying the coversheet; a measurement section for measuring a thickness of the sheet bundle; and a control section for controlling operations of the cover sheet conveyance section and the folding section to determine a folding position on the coversheet and form a fold-line on the folding position; wherein the folding position has been determined based on size information of the coversheet, size information of a sheet of the sheet bundle and thickness information of the sheet bundle measured by the measurement section.

Abstract: A book-binding apparatus having: a reception vessel to receive glue in liquid form; application section to apply the glue in the reception vessel to a sheet; a hopper to receive a raw material of the glue for refill; a refilling section to refill the raw material of the glue from the hopper to the reception vessel; and a control section to control the refilling section, wherein the raw material of the glue is refilled into the reception vessel in a period where application of the glue is not carried out after application of the glue is completed.

Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus is connected between an image forming apparatus and a post-processing apparatus to receive the sheet ejected from the image forming apparatus, and to eject the sheet to the post-processing apparatus. The sheet conveying apparatus receives, from the post-processing apparatus, a sheet reception line speed information showing a line speed for the post-processing apparatus to receive the sheet, and receives, from the image forming apparatus, a sheet ejection line speed information showing a line speed for the image forming apparatus to eject the sheet. A conveyance line speed control section controls the conveyance line speed at the time of receiving the sheet from the image forming apparatus based on a sheet ejection line speed information, and controls the conveyance line speed at the time of ejecting the sheet to the post-processing apparatus based on a sheet reception line speed information.

Abstract: In a sheet post processing apparatus having a folding device that carries out the process of book folding by folding either one sheet or a plurality of sheets at a time on the sheets discharge from the image forming apparatus, a sheet stacking section that successively stacks the booklet-folded sheets, and a control unit that controls the sheet post processing apparatus, said control unit controls said folding device so that said booklet folding process of said sheets is carried out at the portions of two folding lines which are almost parallel thereby obtaining a square-shaped back of booklet.

Abstract: An image forming system having an image forming apparatus for forming an image onto a recording medium, and a plurality of finishing apparatus for processing the recoding medium ejected from the image forming apparatus, each finishing apparatus of the plurality of finishing apparatuses includes, a communication device for controlling communication between the image forming apparatus and the finishing apparatus itself, a first communication line for sending and receiving data between the finishing apparatus and the image forming apparatus through the communication device for controlling the finishing apparatus, and a second communication line adapted for bypassing the communication device arranged in the finishing apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming system including: an image forming apparatus which executes a print job to form an image on a recording medium; and a post processing apparatus which carries out a post processing to the medium on which the image has been formed; wherein, the image forming apparatus includes a control section to control the image forming apparatus such that, if there is a waiting period in a preceding print job being under execution, a succeeding print job is executed during the waiting period.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming system comprising: an image forming device; a post-processing device comprising a sheet ejection tray; and an operating section to select either a producing mode for prioritizing a productivity of an image forming or a loading mode for prioritizing a loading accuracy of printing sheets, wherein the producing mode and the loading mode are operation modes for a series of operation from the image forming performed by the image forming device until a loading of the printing sheets for which the image forming is performed, on the sheet ejection tray by the post-processing device.

Abstract: When a job cancellation instruction has been specified, if the number of the recording sheets loaded on the stacker device of a post-processing apparatus is not greater than the predetermined number of sheets, the aforementioned recording sheets are ejected without being subjected to the process of stapling and if it is greater than the predetermined number of sheets, the recording sheets having been stapled are ejected.

Abstract: In an image forming system including an intermediate conveyance apparatus capable of superimposing plural sheets conveyed from an image forming apparatus, and of conveying the superimposed sheets to a sheet finisher as a set, a controller causes a conveyance interval for sheets in the image forming apparatus to be the first conveyance interval, then, superimposes plural sheets in the intermediate conveyance apparatus, and conveys superimposed sheets to the sheet finisher as a set, when characteristic information of sheets to be conveyed continuously agrees with a prescribed condition. The controller causes a conveyance interval for sheets to be the second conveyance interval greater than the first conveyance interval, and conveys sheets from the intermediate conveyance apparatus to the sheet finisher, without superimposing sheets in the intermediate conveyance apparatus, when the characteristic information of sheets to be conveyed continuously does not agree with the prescribed condition.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus, including: a booklet making section for making a booklet by covering a sheet bundle comprised of a plurality of sheets with a cover in a U-shape; a folding section for forming a fold-line on a coversheet, which covers the booklet made by the book making section; cover sheet conveyance section for conveying the coversheet; a measurement section for measuring a thickness of the sheet bundle; and a control section for controlling operations of the cover sheet conveyance section and the folding section to determine a folding position on the coversheet and form a fold-line on the folding position; wherein the folding position has been determined based on size information of the coversheet, size information of a sheet of the sheet bundle and thickness information of the sheet bundle measured by the measurement section.