Recording medium processing apparatus, recording medium processing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for setting a folding position for a recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9199425-B2
Application number	US-201314049747-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2013
Priority date	Mar 6, 2013
Publication date	Dec 1, 2015
Grant date	Dec 1, 2015

Abstract

A recording medium processing apparatus includes a folding position setting unit. The folding position setting unit sets, on the basis of a cutting position at which a recording medium is to be cut, a folding position at which the recording medium is to be folded.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A recording medium processing apparatus comprising:
a folding position setting unit configured to set, using a cutting position at which a recording medium is to be cut, a folding position at which the recording medium is to be folded;
a folding unit configured to fold the recording medium at the folding position that has been set by the folding position setting unit; and
a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the folding position at which the recording medium is to be folded is within an area to be removed by cutting,
wherein the folding position setting unit is configured to, in response to the determining unit determining that the folding position is within the area to be removed by cutting, modify, using the cutting position, the folding position.

2. A recording medium processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a printing unit configured to print a fold mark at the folding position on the recording medium, the folding position having been set by the folding position setting unit.

3. The recording medium processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the printing unit prints the fold mark at the folding position in an area to be removed from the recording medium by cutting.

4. A recording medium processing system comprising:
an image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a recording medium;
a recording medium folding apparatus including:
a folding position setting unit configured to set, using a cutting position at which a recording medium is to be cut, a folding position at which the recording medium is to be folded;
a folding unit configured to fold the recording medium on which the image has been formed by the image forming apparatus, at the folding position that has been set by the folding position setting unit; and
a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the folding position at which the recording medium is to be folded is within an area to be removed by cutting,
wherein the folding position setting unit is configured to, in response to the determining unit determining that the folding position is within the area to be removed by cutting, modify, using the cutting position, the folding position; and

a binding apparatus configured to bind a set of recording media which have a thickness less than or equal to a predetermined thickness, the binding apparatus including:
a cutting unit configured to cut, at the cutting position, recording media that have been folded by the recording medium folding apparatus.

5. The recording medium processing system according to claim 4 , wherein the binding apparatus is configured to bind the set of recording media in response to a thickness of the set of recording media to be bound, the thickness being calculated using the number of times that each recording medium among the set of recording media has been folded by the recording medium folding apparatus, being less than or equal to the predetermined thickness.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for recording medium processing, the process comprising:
setting, using a cutting position at which a recording medium is to be cut, a folding position at which the recording medium is to be folded;
controlling a folding unit to fold the recording medium at the folding position that has been set; and
determining whether or not the folding position at which the recording medium is to be folded is within an area to be removed by cutting,
wherein the setting comprises, in response to determining that the folding position is within the area to be removed by cutting, modifying, using the cutting position, the folding position.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein the process further comprises:
printing a fold mark at the folding position on the recording medium, the folding position having been set by the setting.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 7 , wherein the printing comprises:
printing the fold mark at the folding position in an area to be removed from the recording medium by cutting.

Assignees

• Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamaguchi Masahiro

Classifications

• B42C19/02

  starting with single sheets · CPC title

• B65H2801/27

  Devices located downstream of office-type machines · CPC title

• B42C9/0006

  by applying adhesive to a stack of sheets · CPC title

• B31D1/00 Primary

  Multiple-step processes for making flat articles {; Making flat articles} · CPC title

• B65H45/28 Primary

  Folding in combination with cutting (cutting machines B26D) · CPC title