Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and post processing method

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes a feeder having a longer side direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of a recording medium, and feeds a maximum size recording medium with a longer side first, an image forming unit having a maximum sheet feed width corresponding to a longer side length of the maximum size recording medium, and prints a toner image onto the recording medium, and a sub feeder that can feed the maximum size recording medium to the image forming unit independently from the feeder. A post processing apparatus receives a printed recording medium and executes post processing on a side of the recording medium. A feeding source of the maximum size recording medium is selected from the feeder and the sub feeder for executing the post processing on the longer and shorter sides of the maximum size recording medium, respectively.

主权项

1. An image forming system comprising:
an image forming apparatus and a post processing apparatus, wherein said image forming apparatus includes:
a main body;at least one feeder disposed within the main body, said at least one feeder having a longer side direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of a recording medium, and being configured to feed a maximum size recording medium of a maximum size to be accommodated with a longer side first, wherein, said at least one feeder cannot accommodate the maximum size recording medium with the longer side of the maximum size recording medium parallel to the conveyance direction thereof, and all recording media accommodated in the main body are accommodated only in said at least one feeder;an image forming unit having a maximum sheet feed width corresponding to the longer side length of the maximum size recording medium, and configured to print a toner image corresponding to digital image data onto the maximum size recording medium; anda sub feeder disposed on an external side of the main body and configured to externally feed a maximum size recording medium to the image forming unit independently from the at least one feeder disposed within the main body, wherein the orientation of the maximum size recording medium in the sub feeder with respect to the conveyance direction is different from the orientation of the maximum size recording medium in the at least one feeder; wherein said post processing apparatus is configured to receive a printed maximum size recording medium and execute post processing on any one of a side of the maximum size recording medium orthogonal to the conveyance direction and a side of the maximum size recording medium parallel to the conveyance direction, and wherein one of the at least one feeder and the sub feeder is selectable as a feeding source of the maximum size recording medium for executing the post processing on the longer side of the maximum size recording medium and executing the post processing on a shorter side of the maximum size recording medium.