Control apparatus capable of reducing user's labor in setting sheet feeding unit, control method for control apparatus, and storage medium

A control apparatus that sets a sheet feeding unit to be used in printing processing performed by an image forming apparatus including a plurality of sheet feeding units, the control apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the at least one processor storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to function as:
• an obtaining unit that obtains information about sheets, which have been fed into the plurality of sheet feeding units, respectively;
• a first identifying unit that, based on the obtained information about the sheets and attribute information of a print document submitted, identifies sheet feeding units, into which sheets of sheet types suitable for the print document have been fed, from among the plurality of sheet feeding units;
• a second identifying unit that, based on the obtained information about the sheets and size information of the print document, identifies sheet feeding units, into which sheets with sheet sizes suitable for the print document have been fed, from among the sheet feeding units identified by the first identifying unit;
• and
• a setting unit that sets the sheet feeding unit to be used in the printing processing from among the sheet feeding units identified by the second identifying unit.

A control method for a control apparatus that sets a sheet feeding unit to be used in printing processing performed by an image forming apparatus including a plurality of sheet feeding units,

• the control method comprising:
• a step of obtaining information about sheets, which have been fed into the plurality of sheet feeding units, respectively;
• and
• a step of displaying a setting screen for allowing a user to select the sheet feeding unit to be used in the printing processing from among the plurality of sheet feeding units based on the obtained information about the sheets,
• wherein information about a virtual sheet feeding unit, which is obtained by integrating two or more sheet feeding units, into which sheets satisfying a predetermined condition have been fed, among the plurality of sheet feeding units into one, is displayed on the setting screen, and
• in a case that the information about the virtual sheet feeding unit has been selected by the user, one sheet feeding unit of the two or more sheet feeding units is set as the sheet feeding unit to be used in the printing processing.

A control method for a control apparatus that sets a sheet feeding unit to be used in printing processing performed by an image forming apparatus including a plurality of sheet feeding units,

• the control method comprising:
• a step of obtaining information about sheets, which have been fed into the plurality of sheet feeding units, respectively;
• a first identifying step of, based on the obtained information about the sheets and attribute information of a print document submitted, identifying sheet feeding units, into which sheets of sheet types suitable for the print document have been fed, from among the plurality of sheet feeding units;
• a second identifying step of, based on the obtained information about the sheets and size information of the print document, identifying sheet feeding units, into which sheets with sheet sizes suitable for the print document have been fed, from among the sheet feeding units identified in the first identifying step;
• and
• a step of setting the sheet feeding unit to be used in the printing processing from among the sheet feeding units identified in the second identifying step.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method for a control apparatus that sets a sheet feeding unit to be used in printing processing performed by an image forming apparatus including a plurality of sheet feeding units,

• the control method comprising:
• a step of obtaining information about sheets, which have been fed into the plurality of sheet feeding units, respectively;
• and
• a step of displaying a setting screen for allowing a user to select the sheet feeding unit to be used in the printing processing from among the plurality of sheet feeding units based on the obtained information about the sheets,
• wherein information about a virtual sheet feeding unit, which is obtained by integrating two or more sheet feeding units, into which sheets satisfying a predetermined condition have been fed, among the plurality of sheet feeding units into one, is displayed on the setting screen, and
• in a case that the information about the virtual sheet feeding unit has been selected by the user, one sheet feeding unit of the two or more sheet feeding units is set as the sheet feeding unit to be used in the printing processing.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method for a control apparatus that sets a sheet feeding unit to be used in printing processing performed by an image forming apparatus including a plurality of sheet feeding units,

• the control method comprising:
• a step of obtaining information about sheets, which have been fed into the plurality of sheet feeding units, respectively;
• a first identifying step of, based on the obtained information about the sheets and attribute information of a print document submitted, identifying sheet feeding units, into which sheets of sheet types suitable for the print document have been fed, from among the plurality of sheet feeding units;
• a second identifying step of, based on the obtained information about the sheets and size information of the print document, identifying sheet feeding units, into which sheets with sheet sizes suitable for the print document have been fed, from among the sheet feeding units identified in the first identifying step;
• and
• a step of setting the sheet feeding unit to be used in the printing processing from among the sheet feeding units identified in the second identifying step.