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US 2012/0057203 A1Published application
Printing system, printing system control method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYuuki Maeda
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Abstract
When a user sets a paper attribute to a sheet holding unit, the user can recognize the existence of another sheet holding unit to which the same paper attribute as the paper attribute to be set has been set.
Claims5
A printing system including a plurality of sheet holding units, the printing system comprising:
- a setting unit configured to set a paper attribute of a sheet accommodated in a sheet holding unit;
- a storing unit configured to store the paper attribute set by the setting unit with respect to each sheet holding unit;
- an image forming unit configured to form an image on the sheet fed from the sheet holding unit;
- a control unit configured, in a case where the sheet cannot be fed from a sheet holding unit currently feeding the sheet during image forming by the image forming unit, to continue feeding the sheet by switching the sheet holding unit from the sheet holding unit that cannot feed the sheet to another sheet holding unit that can feed a sheet;
- a determining unit configured, when the paper attribute is set by the setting unit to the sheet holding unit, to determine whether a sheet holding unit to which the same paper attribute as the paper attribute to be set is set has been stored on the storing unit;
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- a display unit configured, in a case where the determining unit determines that the sheet holding unit to which the same paper attribute as the paper attribute to be set is set has been stored on the storing unit, to display information, on the display unit, indicating that another sheet holding unit to which the same paper attribute as the paper attribute to be set has been set exists,
- wherein the control unit is configured, in a case where an instruction for setting the paper attribute is received from a user after the display is executed by the display unit, to switch the sheet holding unit by using the sheet holding unit to which the paper attribute has been set by the setting unit and the another sheet holding unit.
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A method for controlling a printing system including a plurality of sheet holding units, the method comprising:
- setting a paper attribute of a sheet accommodated in a sheet holding unit;
- storing the set paper attribute of each sheet holding unit on a storing unit;
- forming an image on the sheet fed from the sheet holding unit;
- executing control, in a case where the sheet cannot be fed from a sheet holding unit currently feeding the sheet during image forming, to continue feeding the sheet by switching the sheet holding unit from the sheet holding unit that cannot feed the sheet to another sheet holding unit that can feed a sheet;
- determining, when the paper attribute is set to the sheet holding unit, whether a sheet holding unit to which the same paper attribute as the paper attribute to be set is set has been stored on the storing unit;
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- displaying, in a case where it is determined that the sheet holding unit to which the same paper attribute as the paper attribute to be set is set has been stored on the storing unit, information, on a display unit, which indicates that another sheet holding unit to which the same paper attribute as the paper attribute to be set has been set exists,
- wherein in a case where an instruction for setting the paper attribute is received from a user after the display is executed, the sheet holding unit is switched by using the sheet holding unit to which the paper attribute has been set and the another sheet holding unit.
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A computer readable storage medium for storing a computer program for controlling a printing system including a plurality of sheet holding units, the computer program comprising:
- a code to set a paper attribute of a sheet accommodated in a sheet holding unit;
- a code to store the set paper attribute of each sheet holding unit on a storing unit;
- a code to form an image on the sheet fed from the sheet holding unit;
- a code to execute control, in a case where the sheet cannot be fed from a sheet holding unit currently feeding the sheet during image forming, to continue feeding the sheet by switching the sheet holding unit from the sheet holding unit that cannot feed the sheet to another sheet holding unit that can feed a sheet;
- a code to determine, when the paper attribute is set to the sheet holding unit, whether a sheet holding unit to which the same paper attribute as the paper attribute to be set is set has been stored on the storing unit;
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- a code to display, in a case where it is determined that the sheet holding unit to which the same paper attribute as the paper attribute to be set is set has been stored on the storing unit, information, on a display unit, which indicates that another sheet holding unit to which the same paper attribute as the paper attribute to be set has been set exists,
- wherein in a case where an instruction for setting the paper attribute is received from a user after the display is executed, the sheet holding unit is switched by using the sheet holding unit to which the paper attribute has been set and the another sheet holding unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.