Recording medium processing apparatus, image forming system, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Abstract

A recording medium processing apparatus includes: a first conveyance unit that conveys a recording medium; a cutting member that is provided alongside the first conveyance unit in a width direction of the conveyed recording medium and cuts the recording medium along a conveying direction of the recording medium; a second conveyance unit that is located upstream of the first conveyance unit in the conveying direction and conveys the recording medium having reached a predetermined conveyance route; and a preventing or avoiding unit that, in the recording medium which is conveyed by the first conveyance unit and whose upstream end in the conveying direction has not passed the predetermined conveyance route, prevents or avoids a portion overlapped with the cutting member in the conveying direction from being pulled by the second conveyance unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A recording medium processing apparatus comprising:
 a first conveyance unit that conveys a recording medium;   a cutting member that is provided alongside the first conveyance unit in a width direction of the conveyed recording medium and cuts the recording medium along a conveying direction of the recording medium;   a second conveyance unit that is located upstream of the first conveyance unit in the conveying direction and conveys the recording medium having reached a predetermined conveyance route; and   a preventing or avoiding unit that, in the recording medium which is conveyed by the first conveyance unit and whose upstream end in the conveying direction has not passed the predetermined conveyance route, prevents or avoids a portion overlapped with the cutting member in the conveying direction from being pulled by the second conveyance unit.   
     
     
         2 . The recording medium processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the preventing or avoiding unit is a forming unit that, in the recording medium which is conveyed by the first conveyance unit and whose upstream end in the conveying direction has not passed the predetermined conveyance route, forms looseness in a portion located between the first conveyance unit and the second conveyance unit in the conveying direction. 
     
     
         3 . The recording medium processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the forming unit is a processor that controls a conveyance velocity of the recording medium by the first conveyance unit and/or the conveyance velocity by the second conveyance unit, and   the processor performs control such that the conveyance velocity of the second conveyance unit is higher than the conveyance velocity of the first conveyance unit.   
     
     
         4 . The recording medium processing apparatus according to  claim 3 , further comprising:
 a third conveyance unit located downstream of the first conveyance unit in the conveying direction; and   a forming member that is provided between the first conveyance unit and the third conveyance unit in the conveying direction and forms a curved conveyance route that is curved toward one side in a thickness direction of the conveyed recording medium, wherein   the processor performs control such that the conveyance velocity of the third conveyance unit is higher than the conveyance velocity of the first conveyance unit.   
     
     
         5 . The recording medium processing apparatus according to  claim 4 , further comprising a guide member that guides the recording medium conveyed by the first conveyance unit to the conveyance route, wherein
 the conveyance route includes an overlapped conveyance route that is overlapped with the curved conveyance route in the conveying direction and that is less curved in the thickness direction than the curved conveyance route or is not curved in the thickness direction, and   the guide member guides the recording medium of a predetermined type to the curved conveyance route and guides the recording medium of a type other than the predetermined type to the overlapped conveyance route.   
     
     
         6 . The recording medium processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the forming unit is a processor that controls conveyance of the recording medium by the first conveyance unit and conveyance of the recording medium by the second conveyance unit, and   the processor provides a period in which, when the recording medium conveyed by the second conveyance unit reaches the first conveyance unit, the first conveyance unit does not convey the recording medium and the second conveyance unit conveys the recording medium.   
     
     
         7 . The recording medium processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the forming unit includes a forming member that is provided between the second conveyance unit and the first conveyance unit in the conveying direction and forms a curved conveyance route that is curved toward one side in a thickness direction of the conveyed recording medium. 
     
     
         8 . The recording medium processing apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the forming unit further includes a guide member that guides the recording medium conveyed by the second conveyance unit to the conveyance route,   the conveyance route includes an overlapped conveyance route that is overlapped with the curved conveyance route in the conveying direction and that is less curved in the thickness direction than the curved conveyance route or is not curved in the thickness direction, and   the guide member guides the recording medium of a predetermined type to the curved conveyance route and guides the recording medium of a type other than the predetermined type to the overlapped conveyance route.   
     
     
         9 . The recording medium processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the forming unit forms, in the recording medium, a degree of the looseness that satisfies a predetermined condition. 
     
     
         10 . The recording medium processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the second conveyance unit includes a rotary member that rotates and an opposing member that is opposed to the rotary member via a conveyance route of the recording medium and presses the rotary member, and   the preventing or avoiding unit is a processor that prevents or releases pressing of the rotary member by the opposing member.   
     
     
         11 . The recording medium processing apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein the processor prevents or releases pressing of the rotary member by the opposing member at least from when conveyance of the recording medium by the first conveyance unit is started until when a predetermined condition for conveyance of the recording medium is satisfied. 
     
     
         12 . The recording medium processing apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein
 the second conveyance unit includes at least a first second conveyance unit and a second second conveyance unit provided outside the first second conveyance unit in the width direction,   the cutting member is provided outside the first conveyance unit in the width direction, and   the processor prevents pressing of the rotary member by the opposing member in the second second conveyance unit when the recording medium is conveyed by the first second conveyance unit.   
     
     
         13 . The recording medium processing apparatus according to  claim 12 , wherein the processor does not prevent pressing of the rotary member by the opposing member in the second second conveyance unit until the recording medium comes into contact with the second conveyance unit, but prevents the pressing when conveyance of the recording medium by the second conveyance unit is started. 
     
     
         14 . The recording medium processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a pressing member that is provided outside the cutting member in the width direction and presses the recording medium cut by the cutting member to form a fold line in the recording medium along the conveying direction. 
     
     
         15 . An image forming system comprising:
 an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium; and   a recording medium processing apparatus that processes the recording medium having the image formed by the image forming apparatus, wherein   the recording medium processing apparatus includes the recording medium processing apparatus according to  claim 1 .   
     
     
         16 . An image forming system comprising:
 an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium; and   a recording medium processing apparatus that processes the recording medium having the image formed by the image forming apparatus, wherein   the recording medium processing apparatus includes the recording medium processing apparatus according to  claim 2 .   
     
     
         17 . An image forming system comprising:
 an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium; and   a recording medium processing apparatus that processes the recording medium having the image formed by the image forming apparatus, wherein   the recording medium processing apparatus includes the recording medium processing apparatus according to  claim 3 .   
     
     
         18 . An image forming system comprising:
 an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium; and   a recording medium processing apparatus that processes the recording medium having the image formed by the image forming apparatus, wherein   the recording medium processing apparatus includes the recording medium processing apparatus according to  claim 4 .   
     
     
         19 . An image forming system comprising:
 an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium; and   a recording medium processing apparatus that processes the recording medium having the image formed by the image forming apparatus, wherein   the recording medium processing apparatus includes the recording medium processing apparatus according to  claim 5 .   
     
     
         20 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:
 first conveying a recording medium;   cutting the recording medium conveyed by the first conveying along a conveying direction of the recording medium;   second conveying the recording medium having reached a predetermined conveyance route on an upstream side of conveyance by the first conveying in the conveying direction of the recording medium; and   in the recording medium which is conveyed by the first conveying and whose upstream end in the conveying direction has not passed the predetermined conveyance route, preventing or avoiding a portion overlapped in the conveying direction with a portion cut by the cutting from being pulled by conveyance by the second conveying.