For use in a photocopying machine, an apparatus for making punch holes in and stapling recording sheets comprising, a first conveyer by which the recording sheets are conveyed to a sheet stacker which is capable of setting the recording sheets at a predetermined position for sheet processing, a sheet processor which has a hole puncher and a stapler by which the recording sheets are processed to have punch holes or to be stapled, or both, in which the hole puncher is provided with an angled panel attached below a die of the hole puncher so that paper pieces punched from punch holes are received without clogging into a container for disposal, and a second conveyer by which the processed sheets are conveyed to a sheet receiving tray.