Image forming apparatus equipped with a binding function.

摘要

An image forming apparatus is provided which has a binding unit (30) provided adjacent to an image forming means (8) located within the copy machine body (1). First and second instructing means (22, 53) are provided for issuing commands for operating the image forming means and the binding means respectively. Control means (60) are adapted to execute either the image forming operation or the binding operation on the basis of the command signals. When one operation is being executed, the control means (60) can prevent execution of the other operation. <IMAGE>