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US 10,472,195 B2Granted
Image forming system, image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKosuke Tsujita
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus having a printer for printing an image on a sheet fed from an external sheet feeding apparatus sets the sheet feeding apparatus as a sheet feed source of the sheet to be used by the printer for printing and in accordance with the setting, makes a notification so as to notify a user to set a feeding parameter in the sheet feeding apparatus.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus having a printer for printing an image on a sheet fed from a sheet feeding apparatus having an operation unit, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a memory device that stores a set of instructions;
- and
- at least one print controller that executes the instructions to:
- set the sheet feeding apparatus as a sheet feed source of the sheet to be used by the printer for printing;
- make a notification to a user to set, via the operation unit, at least one feeding parameter of the sheet feeding apparatus set as the sheet feed source;
- cause a user to select a type of sheet fed from the sheet feeding apparatus set as the sheet feed source;
- and
- store a sheet type in which sheet information is set in the image forming apparatus and a sheet type in which sheet information is set in the sheet feeding apparatus in association with each other,
- wherein the notification includes a message indicating that it is necessary to set the feeding parameter of the sheet feeding apparatus set as the sheet feed source and the feeding parameter includes a volume of air blown to a sheet or grammage of the sheet set in the sheet feeding apparatus set as the sheet feed source,
- wherein in the notification, the at least one print controller makes a notification of the stored sheet type in association with the selected sheet type set in the sheet feeding apparatus, and
- wherein in a case where the selected sheet type is not stored, the at least one print controller, in the notification, notifies of a feeding parameter selected based on the selected sheet type.
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An image forming system that includes an image forming apparatus and an external sheet feeding apparatus that is connected to the image forming apparatus and feeds a sheet to the image forming apparatus, the external sheet feeding apparatus having an operation unit,
- wherein the image forming apparatus comprises:
- a first memory device that stores a set of instructions;
- and
- at least one print controller that executes the instructions to:
- set the sheet feeding apparatus as a sheet feed source of the sheet to be used by the image forming apparatus for printing;
- make a notification to a user to set, via the operation unit, at least one feeding parameter of the sheet feeding apparatus set as the sheet feed source;
- cause a user to select a type of sheet fed from the sheet feeding apparatus set as the sheet feed source;
- and
- store a sheet type in which sheet information is set in the image forming apparatus and a sheet type in which sheet information is set in the sheet feeding apparatus in association with each other,
- wherein the notification includes a message indicating that it is necessary to set the feeding parameter of the sheet feeding apparatus set as the sheet feed source and the feeding parameter includes a volume of air blown to a sheet or grammage of the sheet set in the sheet feeding apparatus set as the sheet feed source,
- wherein in the notification, the at least one print controller makes a notification of the stored sheet type in association with the selected sheet type set in the sheet feeding apparatus, and
- wherein in a case where the selected sheet type is not stored, the at least one print controller, in the notification, notifies of a feeding parameter selected based on the selected sheet type,
- wherein the sheet feeding apparatus comprises:
- a second memory device that stores another set of instructions;
- and
- at least one processor that executes the other set of instructions to:
- set a feeding parameter of the sheet fed from the sheet feeding apparatus to the image forming apparatus.
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A method of controlling an image forming apparatus capable of printing an image on a sheet fed from an external sheet feeding apparatus, the method comprising:
- setting the sheet feeding apparatus as a sheet feed source of the sheet to be used for printing an image;
- making a notification to a user to set at least one feeding parameter of the sheet feeding apparatus set as the sheet feed source of the sheet in the setting;
- causing a user to select a type of sheet fed from the sheet feeding apparatus set as the sheet feed source;
- and
- storing a sheet type in which sheet information is set in the image forming apparatus and a sheet type in which sheet information is set in the sheet feeding apparatus in association with each other,
- wherein the notification includes a message indicating that it is necessary to set the feeding parameter of the sheet feeding apparatus set as the sheet feed source and the feeding parameter includes a volume of air blown to a sheet or grammage of the sheet set in the sheet feeding apparatus set as the sheet feed source
- wherein making the notification includes making a notification of the stored sheet type in association with the selected sheet type set in the sheet feeding apparatus, and
- wherein if the selected sheet type is not stored, the notification includes a feeding parameter selected based on the selected sheet type.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.