Printing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSeiya Fujinaga
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Abstract
A setting unit that can set the start time when a user starts using a apparatus and a control unit that can make the apparatus enter a non-operation state in either first standby mode or second standby mode where the apparatus can be actuated from the non-operation state in a shorter time than in the first standby mode are provided. The control unit performs control to determine to which of the first standby mode and the second standby mode when the apparatus enters the non-operation state, based on the time difference between a time when an instruction to turn off the apparatus is issued and the start time set with the setting unit.
Claims14
An apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit configured to perform printing;
- a setting unit configured to set a start time that represents when a user starts using the apparatus;
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- a control unit configured to perform control so that the apparatus is made to enter a non-operation state in at least one of a first standby mode and a second standby mode, wherein the apparatus is configured to be actuated from the non-operation state in a shorter time in the second standby mode than in the first standby mode,
- wherein the control unit determines whether the apparatus is to enter the non-operation state in the first standby mode or the non-operation state in the second standby mode based on a time difference between a time when an instruction to turn off the apparatus is issued and the start time set by the setting unit.
An apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit configured to perform printing;
- a drying unit configured to dry a sheet printed with the printing unit;
- a setting unit configured to set a start time that represents when a user starts using the apparatus;
- an estimation unit configured to acquire an estimated time by estimating a time taken for performing an initialization operation performed at a time when the apparatus is actuated based on a time taken until the drying unit enters a steady state and a time taken for performing adjustment of the printing unit, at least, the adjustment being performed after the drying unit enters the steady state;
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- a control unit configured to perform control to automatically actuate the apparatus at a time earlier than the start time set by the setting unit based on the start time and the acquired estimated time.
A method for controlling actuation of an apparatus, the method comprising:
- a first step to let a user to set a start time when the user starts using the apparatus;
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- a second step to perform control the apparatus so that the apparatus is made to enter a non-operation state in at least one of a first standby mode and a second standby mode, wherein the apparatus is configured to be actuated from the non-operation state in a shorter time in the second standby mode than in the first standby mode,
- wherein, at the second step, control is performed to determine whether the apparatus is to enter the non-operation state in the first standby mode or the non-operation state in the second standby mode based on a time difference between a time when an instruction to turn off the apparatus is issued and the start time set at the first step, and to enter the non-operation state in the determined mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.