Printing apparatus capable of conveying sheets to sheet processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshiro Tachibana
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Abstract
A printing apparatus capable of producing a product having the optimum image layout dependent on a discharge destination even when saddle-stitching is canceled due to input of image data for sheets in excess of a limit of a saddle-stitchable number of sheets. The number of output sheets per one copy is calculated based on image data. When the number of output sheets per one copy exceeds a saddle-stitchable number of sheets, it is selected whether to perform the center folding processing on the sheets on which images are printed without performing the saddle stitching processing thereon or to perform neither the saddle stitching processing nor the center folding processing on the sheets on which images are printed.
Claims14
A printing apparatus that is connectable with a post-processing apparatus, wherein the post-processing apparatus comprises a first tray, a second tray, a binding unit, and a folding unit, and is configured to discharge a sheet conveyed from the printing apparatus to the first tray without switching back the sheet and is configured to switch back each of a plurality of sheets conveyed from the printing apparatus, perform a binding process and a folding process for the plurality of sheets by using the binding unit and the folding unit to thereby form a brochure, and discharge the brochure to the second tray, the printing apparatus comprising:
- a printer configured to form images for a plurality of pages of the brochure on the plurality of sheets;
- a display unit;
- and
- a processor configured to control the post-processing apparatus to:
- in a first case where an instruction to perform the binding process and the folding process has been received and the number of the plurality of sheets is smaller than a predetermined number, bind and fold the plurality of sheets to thereby form the brochure by using the binding unit and the folding unit and discharge the formed brochure to the second tray,
- in a second case where the instruction to perform the binding process and the folding process has been received, the number of the plurality of sheets is larger than the predetermined number, and a first instruction is accepted via a selection screen displayed by the display unit, discharge the plurality of sheets to the first tray, and
- in a third case where the instruction to perform the binding process and the folding process has been received, the number of the plurality of sheets is larger than the predetermined number, and a second instruction is accepted via the selection screen displayed by the display unit, stop a print process of the printer,
- wherein the plurality of sheets include a body sheet and a cover sheet,
- in the first case, the plurality of sheets are conveyed from the printer to the post-processing apparatus in the order of:
- the body sheet, the cover sheet;
- and
- in the second case, the plurality of sheets are conveyed from the printer to the post-processing apparatus in the order of:
- the cover sheet, the body sheet.
A system including a printing apparatus and a post-processing apparatus,
- wherein the post-processing apparatus comprises:
- a first tray;
- a second tray;
- a binding unit;
- and
- a folding unit,
- wherein the post-processing apparatus is configured to:
- discharge a sheet conveyed from the printing apparatus to the first tray without switching back the sheet;
- switch back each of a plurality of sheets conveyed from the printing apparatus;
- perform a binding process and a folding process for the plurality of sheets by using the binding unit and the folding unit to thereby form a brochure;
- and
- discharge the brochure to the second tray, and
- wherein the printing apparatus comprising:
- a printer configured to form images for a plurality of pages of the brochure on the plurality of sheets;
- a display unit;
- and
- a processor configured to control the post-processing apparatus to:
- in a first case where an instruction to perform the binding process and the folding process have been received and the number of the plurality of sheets is smaller than a predetermined number, bind and fold the plurality of sheets to thereby form the brochure by using the binding unit and the folding unit and discharge the formed brochure to the second tray, and
- in a second case where the instruction to perform the binding process and the folding process has been received, the number of the plurality of sheets is larger than the predetermined number, and a first instruction is accepted via a selection screen displayed by the display unit, discharge the plurality of sheets to the first tray, and
- in a third case where the instruction to perform the binding process and the folding process has been received, the number of the plurality of sheets is larger than the predetermined number, and a second instruction is accepted via the selection screen displayed by the display unit, stop a print process of the printer,
- wherein the plurality of sheets include a body sheet and a cover sheet,
- in the first case, the plurality of sheets are conveyed from the printer to the post-processing apparatus in the order of:
- the body sheet, the cover sheet;
- and
- in the second case, the plurality of sheets are conveyed from the printer to the post-processing apparatus in the order of:
- the cover sheet, the body sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.