US 12,214,984 B2
Medium processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating same
Eiji Akamatsu, Kanagawa (JP); Kei Sasaki, Kanagawa (JP); and Kazuki Seto, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Eiji Akamatsu, Kanagawa (JP); Kei Sasaki, Kanagawa (JP); and Kazuki Seto, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/322,858.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-093040 (JP), filed on Jun. 8, 2022; and application No. 2023-061670 (JP), filed on Apr. 5, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2023/0399191 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 37/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 37/04 (2013.01) [B65H 2406/20 (2013.01); B65H 2406/42 (2013.01); B65H 2551/10 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medium processing apparatus comprising:
a liquid applier configured to apply liquid to a part of a medium, the medium being at least one medium;
a post-processing device configured to bind a bundle of media including the medium to which the liquid is applied by the liquid applier; and
circuitry configured to control operations of the liquid applier and the post-processing device,
the circuitry being configured to cause the liquid applier to apply different amounts of liquid to a plurality of sample areas in the medium.