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US 12,192,424 B2Granted
Printing system, method for controlling printing system, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShigeki Hachiro
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Abstract
A printing system performs control to input sheet information regarding a single set of sheets consisting of a plurality of sheets including a sheet loaded in a sheet feeding unit of a printing apparatus. The printing system performs control to, based on the input sheet information, register the number of sheets corresponding to a single set in management information in which a stock of sheets is managed. The printing system also performs control to, based on consumption of a sheet by the printing apparatus, update information managed in the management information.
Claims20
A printing system comprising:
- at least one memory and at least one processor and/or at least one circuit which function as:
- an input unit configured to perform control to input sheet information regarding a single set of sheets consisting of a plurality of sheets including a sheet loaded in a sheet feeding unit of a printing apparatus;
- a registration unit configured to perform control to, based on the sheet information input by the input unit, register a number of sheets corresponding to a single set in management information in which a stock of sheets is managed;
- and
- an update unit configured to perform control to, based on consumption of a sheet by the printing apparatus, update information managed in the management information,
- wherein the input unit performs control to input, as the sheet information, information obtained by reading and decoding a code image added to a package of the single set of sheets, and
- the at least one memory and at least one processor and/or at least one circuit further function as a display control unit configured to perform control to, when the sheet information is input, display a screen for urging a user to read the code image.
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A printing system comprising:
- at least one memory and at least one processor and/or at least one circuit which function as:
- an input unit configured to perform control to input sheet information regarding a single set of sheets consisting of a plurality of sheets including a sheet loaded in a sheet feeding unit of a printing apparatus;
- a registration unit configured to perform control to, based on the sheet information input by the input unit, register a number of sheets corresponding to a single set in management information in which a stock of sheets is managed;
- and
- an update unit configured to perform control to, based on consumption of a sheet by the printing apparatus, update information managed in the management information,
- wherein, in a case where a new sheet is loaded in the sheet feeding unit, if a first user operation corresponding to a state where the number of sheets corresponding to a new single set should not be registered is performed, the input unit does not perform particular control regarding an input of the sheet information for the registration unit to register the number of sheets corresponding to a single set, and
- wherein, in a case where a new sheet is loaded in the sheet feeding unit, if a second user operation corresponding to a state where the number of sheets corresponding to a new single set should be registered is performed, the input unit performs the particular control.
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A method for controlling a printing system, the method comprising:
- performing control to input sheet information regarding a single set of sheets consisting of a plurality of sheets including a sheet loaded in a sheet feeding unit of a printing apparatus, wherein the performing control to input the sheet information performs control to input, as the sheet information, information obtained by reading and decoding a code image added to a package of the single set of sheets;
- performing control to, when the sheet information is input, display a screen for urging a user to read the code image;
- performing control to, based on the sheet information input, register a number of sheets corresponding to a single set in management information in which a stock of sheets is managed;
- and
- performing control to, based on consumption of a sheet by the printing apparatus, update information managed in the management information.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program for executing a method for controlling a printing system, the method comprising:
- performing control to input sheet information regarding a single set of sheets consisting of a plurality of sheets including a sheet loaded in a sheet feeding unit of a printing apparatus, wherein the performing control to input the sheet information performs control to input, as the sheet information, information obtained by reading and decoding a code image added to a package of the single set of sheets;
- performing control to, when the sheet information is input, display a screen for urging a user to read the code image;
- performing control to, based on the input sheet information, register a number of sheets corresponding to a single set in management information in which a stock of sheets is managed;
- and
- performing control to, based on consumption of a sheet by the printing apparatus, update information managed in the management information.
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A method for controlling a printing system, the method comprising:
- performing control to input sheet information regarding a single set of sheets consisting of a plurality of sheets including a sheet loaded in a sheet feeding unit of a printing apparatus;
- performing control to, based on the sheet information input, register a number of sheets corresponding to a single set in management information in which a stock of sheets is managed;
- and
- performing control to, based on consumption of a sheet by the printing apparatus, update information managed in the management information,
- wherein, in a case where a new sheet is loaded in the sheet feeding unit, if a first user operation corresponding to a state where the number of sheets corresponding to a new single set should not be registered is performed, particular control regarding an input of the sheet information to register the number of sheets corresponding to a single set is not performed, and
- wherein, in a case where a new sheet is loaded in the sheet feeding unit, if a second user operation corresponding to a state where the number of sheets corresponding to a new single set should be registered is performed, the particular control is performed.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program for executing a method for controlling a printing system, the method comprising:
- performing control to input sheet information regarding a single set of sheets consisting of a plurality of sheets including a sheet loaded in a sheet feeding unit of a printing apparatus;
- performing control to, based on the input sheet information, register a number of sheets corresponding to a single set in management information in which a stock of sheets is managed;
- and
- performing control to, based on consumption of a sheet by the printing apparatus, update information managed in the management information,
- wherein, in a case where a new sheet is loaded in the sheet feeding unit, if a first user operation corresponding to a state where the number of sheets corresponding to a new single set should not be registered is performed, particular control regarding an input of the sheet information to register the number of sheets corresponding to a single set is not performed, and
- wherein, in a case where a new sheet is loaded in the sheet feeding unit, if a second user operation corresponding to a state where the number of sheets corresponding to a new single set should be registered is performed, the particular control is performed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.