US 12,118,417 B2
Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and control method that execute post-processing on a plurality of sheets
Takashi Yamashita, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/355,604.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-115415 (JP), filed on Jul. 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0028855 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 15/403 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00623 (2013.01); H04N 1/00639 (2013.01); H04N 1/00482 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus connected to a first post-processing machine that executes first post-processing on at least one of a plurality of sheets, the image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming device that forms an image on each of the sheets based on each of a plurality of jobs; and
a hardware processor that:
receives a setting as to whether each of the jobs is a target for the first post-processing,
executes a series of jobs that are each set as the target, wherein the executing of the series of jobs comprises:
determining whether a target sheet of each of the series of jobs satisfies a specific condition,
in response to determining that the target sheet does not satisfy the specific condition, instructing the first post-processing machine to stack the target sheet, and
in response to determining that the target sheet satisfies the specific condition, instructing the first post-processing machine to execute the first post-processing on the target sheet and a stacked sheet among the sheets.