Post-processing apparatus, image forming system, and post-processing method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9738103
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14558293

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A post-processing apparatus for performing post-processing on a sheet having an image formed thereon, the post-processing at least including case bookbinding by using paste, the apparatus including: a paste applicator having a paste application member and configured to supply paste to coat a back of a sheet bundle with the paste; a pressurization member for pressing a cover onto the back of the sheet bundle with the paste coated thereon; and a controller configured to receive information relating to a cover gutter setting on the sheet bundle and to perform control over the paste applicator and the pressurization member, the controller being configured to cause, in a guttered cover setting, the paste to overflow in a larger amount from the back of the sheet bundle toward a gutter than an amount of overflow in a non-guttered cover setting based on the information relating to the cover gutter setting.

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KONICA MINOLTA INCTOKYO TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kato, Norishige Hachioji, JP 21 138

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