Sheet processing apparatus, control method, and image forming apparatus capable of forming folding stripe on sheets

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9817357
APP PUB NO 20160031671A1
SERIAL NO

14803276

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A sheet processing apparatus that can suppress a reduction in a quality of a finish of a fold part of a stack of center-folded sheets without losing an ease of center-folding. The sheet processing apparatus comprises a creasing unit for forming a folding stripe on a sheet so as to facilitate folding the sheet, and an acquisition unit for acquiring information related to a thickness of the sheet. One or more sheets to be provided with folding stripes are determined, from among a plurality of sheets to be folded, according to the information related to the thickness of the sheets, and each of the determined one or more sheets are provided with a folding stripe.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATOKYO TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fukatsu, Yasuo Abiko, JP 68 456
Kato, Hitoshi Toride, JP 331 8374

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