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US 2006/0188284 A1Published application
Image printing apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorTakemasa Ikeda
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Abstract
The present invention provides an image printing apparatus comprising: a tray on which printing paper sheets are placed; a job storage section storing a predetermined job and a forthcoming post-determined job; a priority level setting section setting execution priority levels of jobs; and a control unit. When a tray set to be occupied for the predetermined job is the same as that selected for the post-determined job, the control unit allows to store the post-determined job in the job storage section only if the execution priority level set for the post-determined job is lower than that set for the predetermined job.
Claims16
An image printing apparatus for printing an image on a printing medium on the basis of a job, comprising:
- a plurality of trays on which printing media are placed;
- a job storage section which sequentially stores a plurality of jobs;
- a tray selection section which selects a tray on which a printing medium subjected to image printing based on a forthcoming post-determined job is placed;
- an occupation setting section which sets to occupy a tray selected by said tray selection section;
- a priority level setting section which sets execution priority levels of jobs stored in said job storage section;
- and
- a control unit which determines whether the post-determined job is allowed to be stored in said job storage section,
- wherein when a tray set to be occupied for a predetermined job stored in said job storage section prior to the post-determined job is the same as that selected for the post-determined job, said control unit allows to store the post-determined job in said job storage section only if the execution priority level set for the post-determined job is lower than that set for the predetermined job.
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An image printing apparatus for printing an image on a printing medium on the basis of a job, comprising:
- a plurality of trays on which printing media are placed;
- a job storage section which sequentially stores a plurality of jobs;
- a tray selection section which selects a tray on which a printing medium subjected to image printing based on a forthcoming post-determined job is placed;
- an occupation setting section which sets to occupy a tray selected by said tray selection section;
- a priority level setting section which sets execution priority levels of jobs stored in said job storage section;
- and
- a control unit which determines whether the post-determined job is allowed to be stored in said job storage section,
- wherein when a tray set to be occupied for a predetermined job stored in said job storage section prior to the post-determined job is the same as that selected for the post-determined job and image printing based on the predetermined job is not complete yet, said control unit allows to store the post-determined job in said job storage section only if the execution priority level set for the post-determined job is lower than that set for the predetermined job.
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An image printing apparatus for printing an image on a printing medium on the basis of a job, comprising:
- a plurality of trays on which printing media are placed;
- a job storage section which sequentially stores a plurality of jobs;
- a tray selection section which selects a tray on which a printing medium subjected to image printing based on a forthcoming post-determined job is placed;
- an occupation setting section which sets to occupy a tray selected by said tray selection section;
- a priority level setting section which sets execution priority levels of jobs stored in said job storage section;
- and
- a control unit which determines whether the post-determined job is allowed to be stored in said job storage section,
- wherein in case of keeping the following conditions (A) and (B) satisfied, said control unit inhibits to store the post-determined job in said job storage section:
- (A) a tray set to be occupied for a predetermined job stored in said job storage section prior to the post-determined job is the same as that selected for the post-determined job;
- and
- (B) an execution priority level set for the post-determined job is higher than that set for the predetermined job.
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An image printing apparatus for printing an image on a printing medium on the basis of a job, comprising:
- a plurality of trays on which printing media are placed;
- a job storage section which sequentially stores a plurality of jobs;
- a tray selection section which selects a tray on which a printing medium subjected to image printing based on a forthcoming post-determined job is placed;
- an occupation setting section which sets to occupy a tray selected by said tray selection section;
- a priority level setting section which sets execution priority levels of jobs stored in said job storage section;
- and
- a control unit which determines whether the post-determined job is allowed to be stored in said job storage section,
- wherein in case of keeping the following conditions (A), (B), and (C) satisfied, said control unit inhibits to store the post-determined job in said job storage section:
- (A) a tray set to be occupied for a predetermined job stored in said job storage section prior to the post-determined job is the same as that selected for the post-determined job;
- (B) an execution priority level set for the post-determined job is higher than that set for the predetermined job;
- and
- (C) image printing based on the predetermined job is not complete yet.
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An image printing apparatus for printing an image on a printing medium on the basis of a job, comprising:
- a plurality of trays on which printing media are placed;
- a job storage section which sequentially stores a plurality of jobs;
- a tray selection section which selects a tray on which a printing medium subjected to image printing based on a forthcoming post-determined job is placed;
- an occupation setting section which sets to occupy a tray selected by said tray selection section;
- and
- a priority level setting section which sets execution priority levels of jobs stored in said job storage section,
- wherein when a tray set to be occupied for a predetermined job stored in said job storage section prior to the post-determined job is the same as that selected for the post-determined job, said priority level setting section sets an execution priority level of the post-determined job lower than that set for the predetermined job.
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An image printing apparatus for printing an image on a printing medium on the basis of a job, comprising:
- a tray on which a printing medium is placed;
- a job storage section which sequentially stores a plurality of jobs;
- an occupation setting section which sets to occupy a tray;
- an opening and closing inhibition section which inhibits opening and closing of said tray;
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- a control unit which determines whether said occupation setting section has made the occupation setting, and when the occupation setting is determined to have made the occupation setting, makes said opening and closing inhibition section inhibit closing of said occupied tray until image printing based on the job whose tray is set to be occupied is complete from immediately after storage, in the job storage section, of the job whose tray is set to be occupied.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.