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US 12,682,193 B2Granted
Printing system including a static-control apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHideyuki Okada
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a mechanism of a printing apparatus for displaying a state of a setting of a static removal process performed by a static removal apparatus. A control method for controlling the printing apparatus includes printing an image on a sheet, conveying the sheet on which the image is printed in the printing to the static removal apparatus configured to perform the static removal process on the sheet, and displaying the state of the setting of the static removal process performed by the static removal apparatus.
Claims11
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printer that prints an image on a sheet;
- a conveyer that conveys the sheet on which the image is printed by the printer to a static electricity removal apparatus configured to perform a static electricity removal process on the sheet, the static electricity removal apparatus being different from the printing apparatus, the static electricity removal apparatus having a setting part receiving a setting of the static electricity removal process;
- a storage that stores a list of sheet types requiring the static electricity removal process;
- and
- one or more processors that obtain the setting of the setting part from the static electricity removal apparatus,
- wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- notify a user when a type of the sheet is in the list of sheet types requiring the static electricity removal process and the obtained setting indicates that the static electricity removal process is OFF;
- notify the user when the type of the sheet is not in the list of sheet types requiring the static electricity removal process and the obtained setting indicates that the static electricity removal process is ON;
- cause the printer to print the image without issuing the notification when the type of the sheet is in the list of sheet types requiring the static electricity removal process and the obtained setting indicates that the static electricity removal process is ON;
- cause the printer to print the image without issuing the notification when the type of the sheet is not in the list of sheet types requiring the static electricity removal process and the obtained setting indicates that the static electricity removal process is OFF;
- and
- execute printing of the image in response to an operation on a notification screen displayed by the notification.
9 more elements
A control method for controlling a printing apparatus, the control method comprising:
- printing an image on a sheet;
- conveying the sheet on which the image is printed in the printing to a static electricity removal apparatus configured to perform a static electricity removal process on the sheet, the static electricity removal apparatus being different from the printing apparatus, the static electricity removal apparatus having a setting part receiving a setting of the static electricity removal process;
- a storage that stores a list of sheet types requiring the static electricity removal process;
- and
- obtaining the setting of the setting part from the static electricity removal apparatus;
- wherein the control method further comprises steps of:
- notifying a user when a type of the sheet is in the list of sheet types requiring the static electricity removal process and the obtained setting indicates that the static electricity removal process is OFF;
- notifying the user when the type of the sheet is not in the list of sheet types requiring the static electricity removal process and the obtained setting indicates that the static electricity removal process is ON;
- causing the printer to print the image without issuing the notification when the type of the sheet is in the list of sheet types requiring the static electricity removal process and the obtained setting indicates that the static electricity removal process is ON;
- causing the printer to print the image without issuing the notification when the type of the sheet is not in the list of sheet types requiring the static electricity removal process and the obtained setting indicates that the static electricity removal process is OFF;
- and
- executing printing of the image in response to an operation on a notification screen displayed by the notification.
9 more elements
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method for controlling a printing apparatus, the control method comprising:
- printing an image on a sheet;
- conveying the sheet on which the image is printed in the printing to a static electricity removal apparatus configured to perform a static electricity removal process on the sheet, the static electricity removal apparatus being different from the printing apparatus, the static electricity removal apparatus having a setting switch receiving the setting of the static electricity removal process;
- storing a list of sheet types requiring the static electricity removal process;
- and
- obtaining the setting of the setting switch from the static electricity removal apparatus;
- wherein the control method further comprises steps of:
- notifying a user when a type of the sheet is in the list of sheet types requiring the static electricity removal process and the obtained setting indicates that the static electricity removal process is OFF;
- notifying the user when the type of the sheet is not in the list of sheet types requiring the static electricity removal process and the obtained setting indicates that the static electricity removal process is ON;
- causing the printer to print the image without issuing the notification when the type of the sheet is in the list of sheet types requiring the static electricity removal process and the obtained setting indicates that the static electricity removal process is ON;
- causing the printer to print the image without issuing the notification when the type of the sheet is not in the list of sheet types requiring the static electricity removal process and the obtained setting indicates that the static electricity removal process is OFF;
- and
- executing printing of the image in response to an operation on a notification screen displayed by the notification.
9 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.