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US 10,414,619 B2Granted
Printing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshiro Tachibana
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Abstract
A printing apparatus has a first binding unit for performing a binding process at any one of plural positions and a second binding unit for performing a binding process at a single position and prints images based on image data on sheets. If the binding process is performed using the first binding unit, the printing apparatus prints images on sheets according to the input order of the image data. If the binding process is performed using the second binding unit, the printing apparatus prints images on sheets according to the input order of the image data, or prints the images according to an order reversed from the input order of the image data, based on the orientation of the images of the image data, the single position and the orientation of the sheets used for printing.
Claims16
A printing apparatus, comprising:
- a printing unit that prints an image based on an image of an original, on a sheet;
- a discharge unit that discharges the sheet on which an image is printed by the printing unit in a face-down manner in which a printed surface of the sheet is downward or in a face-up manner in which the printed surface of the sheet is upward;
- a tray that stacks a plurality of sheets discharged by the discharge unit as a sheet bundle;
- a first binding unit that is able to move to a plurality of positions and performs a first binding process using a staple at any one of two corner positions of a trailing edge side, in a conveyance direction of the sheets, of the sheet bundle stacked on the tray;
- a second binding unit that performs a second binding process without a staple at a single corner position of the trailing edge side, in the conveyance direction of the sheets, of the sheet bundle stacked on the tray;
- a first selector configured to select one of the first binding process and the second binding process as a binding process to be performed;
- a second selector configured to select a corner position of the sheet bundle on which the first or second binding process is to be performed, the corner position including a first corner position and a second corner position that is not diagonally opposite to the first corner position;
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- a controller that,
- (i) in a case that an orientation of the sheet is the same as an orientation of the original and the first binding process is selected but the second binding process is not selected by the first selector, determines to discharge the plurality of sheets to be discharged on the tray regardless of whether the second selector selects the first corner position of the sheet bundle or the second corner position of the sheet bundle, and controls the discharge unit to discharge the plurality of sheets in the face-down manner, and
- (ii) in a case that an orientation of the sheet is the same as an orientation of the original and the second binding process is selected but the first binding process is not selected by the first selector, determines to discharge the plurality of sheets on the tray in the face-down manner or in the face-up manner based on whether the second selector selects the first corner position of the sheet bundle or the second corner position of the sheet bundle, and controls the discharge unit to discharge the plurality of sheets in accordance with a determined result.
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A method of controlling a printing apparatus, wherein the printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit that prints an image based on an image of an original, on a sheet;
- a discharge unit that discharges the sheet on which an image is printed by the printing unit in a face-down manner in which a printed surface of the sheet is downward or in a face-up manner in which the printed surface of the sheet is upward;
- a first binding unit that is able to move to a plurality of positions and performs a first binding process using a staple at any one of two corner positions of a trailing edge side, in a conveyance direction of the sheets, of the sheet bundle stacked on a tray;
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- a second binding unit that performs a second binding process without a staple at a single corner position of the trailing edge side, in the conveyance direction of the sheets, of the sheet bundle stacked on the tray;
- the method comprising:
- selecting one of the first binding process and the second binding process as a binding process to be performed;
- selecting a corner position of sheet bundle on which the binding process is to be performed, the corner position including a first corner position and a second corner position that is not diagonally opposite to the first corner position;
- in a case that an orientation of the sheet is the same as an orientation of the original and the first binding process is selected but the second binding process is not selected in the selecting, determining to discharge the plurality of sheets to be discharged on the tray regardless of whether a selection of the first corner position of the sheet bundle or the second corner position of the sheet bundle, and controlling the discharge unit to discharge the plurality of sheets in the face-down manner, and
- in a case that an orientation of the sheet is the same as an orientation of the original and the second binding process is selected but the first binding process is not selected in the selecting, determining to discharge the plurality of sheets on the tray in the face-down manner or in the face-up manner based on a selection of whether the first corner position of the sheet bundle or the second corner position of the sheet bundle in the selecting and controlling the discharge unit to discharge the plurality of sheets in accordance with a determined result.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling a printing apparatus, wherein the printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit that prints an image based on an image of an original, on a sheet;
- a discharge unit that discharges the sheet on which an image is printed by the printing unit in a face-down manner in which a printed surface of the sheet is downward or in a face-up manner in which the printed surface of the sheet is upward;
- a first binding unit that is able to move to a plurality of positions and performs a first binding process using a staple at any one of two corner positions of a trailing edge side, in a conveyance direction of the sheets, of the sheet bundle stacked on a tray;
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- a second binding unit that performs a second binding process without a staple at a single corner position of the trailing edge side, in the conveyance direction of the sheets, of the sheet bundle stacked on the tray;
- the method comprising:
- selecting one of the first binding process and the second binding process as a binding process to be performed;
- selecting a corner position of sheet bundle on which the binding process is to be performed, the corner position including a first corner position and a second corner position that is not diagonally opposite to the first corner position;
- in a case that an orientation of the sheet is the same as an orientation of the original and the first binding process is selected but the second binding process is not selected in the selecting, determining to discharge the plurality of sheets to be discharged on the tray regardless of whether a selection of the first corner position of the sheet bundle or the second corner position of the sheet bundle, and controlling the discharge unit to discharge the plurality of sheets in the face-down manner, and
- in a case that an orientation of the sheet is the same as an orientation of the original and the second binding process is selected but the first binding process is not selected in the selecting, determining to discharge the plurality of sheets on the tray in the face-down manner or in the face-up manner based on a selection of whether the first corner position of the sheet bundle or the second corner position of the sheet bundle in the selecting and controlling the discharge unit to discharge the plurality of sheets in accordance with a determined result.
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A printing apparatus capable of connecting to a finisher that performs a binding process of sheets,
- wherein the finisher comprising:
- a tray that stacks a plurality of sheets discharged from the printing apparatus as a sheet bundle;
- a first binding unit that is able to move to a plurality of positions and performs a first binding process using a staple at any one of two corner positions of a trailing edge side, in a conveyance direction of the sheets, of the sheet bundle stacked on the tray;
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- a second binding unit that performs a second binding process without a staple at a single corner position of the trailing edge side, in the conveyance direction of the sheets, of the sheet bundle stacked on the tray, and
- wherein the printing apparatus comprising;
- a printing unit that prints an image based on an image of an original, on a sheet;
- a discharge unit that discharges a sheet on which an image is printed by the printing unit in a face-down manner in which a printed surface of the sheet is downward or in a face-up manner in which the printed surface of the sheet is upward;
- a first selector configured to select one of the first binding process and the second binding process as a binding process to be performed;
- a second selector configured to select a corner position of a sheet bundle on which the binding process is to be performed, the corner position including a first corner position and a second corner position that is not diagonally opposite to the first corner position;
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- a controller that,
- (i) in a case that an orientation of the sheet is the same as an orientation of the original and the first binding process is selected but the second binding process is not selected by the first selector, determines to discharge the plurality of sheets to be discharged on the tray regardless of whether the second selector selects the first corner position of the sheet bundle or the second corner position of the sheet bundle, and controls the discharge unit to discharge the plurality of sheets in the face-down manner, and
- (ii) in a case that an orientation of the sheet is the same as an orientation of the original and the second binding process is selected but the first binding process is not selected by the first selector, determines to discharge the plurality of sheets on the tray in the face-down manner or in the face-up manner based on whether by the second selector selects the first corner position of the sheet bundle or the second corner position of the sheet bundle, and controls the discharge unit to discharge the plurality of sheets in accordance with a determined result.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.