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US 10,322,903 B2Granted
Printing control apparatus, binding control apparatus, method for controlling printing control apparatus, and program therefor
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSo Yokomizo
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Abstract
A printing control apparatus configured to control a binding unit configured to perform a binding processing for binding sheets without using a staple includes a control unit that controls the biding unit to divide sheets subjected to printing into sheet groups in units of a number of sheets bindable by the binding unit, and to apply the binding processing to each of sheet groups or controls another binding unit to bind the sheets subjected to printing using a staple.
Claims10
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit configured to print image on a sheet;
- a supporting unit configured to support sheets having image printed by the printing unit;
- a first binder configured to bind sheets on the supporting unit with a staple;
- a second binder, including a first teeth-like member and a second teeth-like member, configured to bind sheets on the supporting unit by biting the sheets between the first teeth-like member and the second teeth-like member with the first teeth-like member and the second teeth-like member, wherein a number of sheets bindable by the second binder is less than a number of sheets bindable by the first binder;
- a display unit configured to display a screen;
- and
- a control unit configured to
- control, in a case where a binding processing by the first binder is selected, the first binder to bind a plurality of sheets printed by the printing unit,
- control, in a case where a binding processing by the second binder is selected and where a number of first sheets subjected to printing by the printing unit is greater than the number of sheets bindable by the second binder, the display unit to display a screen which enables a user to select a predetermined instruction,
- control, in the case where the predetermined instruction is selected by user via the screen, the second binder
- such that the second binder binds second sheets included in the first sheets by biting the second sheets on the supporting unit with the first teeth-like member and the second teeth-like member and then the second binder binds third sheets included in the first sheets by biting the third sheets on the supporting unit with the first teeth-like member and the second teeth-like member, and
- control, in a case where the screen is displayed and where the predetermined instruction is not selected by user via the screen, the second binder not to bind sheets with the first teeth-like member and the second teeth-like member.
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A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit configured to print image on a sheet;
- a supporting unit configured to support sheets printed by the printing unit;
- a binding unit configured to bind sheets on the supporting unit, the binding unit including,
- a first binder configured to bind sheets on the supporting unit with a staple, and
- a second binder, comprising a first teeth-like member and a second teeth-like member, configured to bind sheets on the supporting unit by biting the sheets between the first teeth-like member and the second teeth-like member with the first teeth-like member and the second teeth-like member, wherein a number of sheets bindable by the second binder is less than a number of sheets bindable by the first binder;
- and
- a controller configured to perform one of a first process, a second process, and a third process in a case where a binding process by the binding unit is designated and where a number of first sheets subjected to printing by the printing unit is a first number greater than the number of sheets bindable by the second binder and less than the number of sheets bindable by the first binder,
- wherein in the first process, the controller controls the second binder to bind second sheets included in the first sheets subjected to printing by the printing unit with the first teeth-like member and the second teeth-like member and then the controller controls the second binder to bind third sheets included in the first sheets subjected to printing by the printing unit with the first teeth-like member and the second teeth-like member,
- in the second process, the controller controls the first binder to bind the first sheets printed by the printing unit with the staple, and
- in the third process, the sheets printed by the printing unit are not bound by the first and second binders.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.