公开(公告)号：US20230085336A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17791732

申请日：2020-12-21

Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.

Inventor： Eiji FUKASAWA ,  Taehong KIM ,  Jeonghyeon PARK

IPC: B42C1/12 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J3/44 ,  B42B4/00 ,  B42B5/00 ,  B42C19/08 ,  B65H31/30 ,  B65H31/38 ,  B65H37/04

Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a paper alignment tray including a loading table on which a paper is to be loaded, and a side guide and an end guide to align a side in a width direction and an end in a longitudinal direction of the paper stack, respectively, a first binder including a binding unit to bind the paper stack on the paper alignment tray in a stapleless manner, the first binder displaceable to a binding location to bind the paper stack and to a separation location to separate the binding unit from the paper stack, and a controller to move the paper stack relative to the binding unit while displacing the first binder from the binding location to the separation location.