Printing apparatus and method of controlling the same, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasahiro Mutsuno
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Abstract
A technique by which when printing is initiated, printed sheets remaining in a large-volume stacker and sheets printed in a subsequent job are not mixed in the large-volume stacker is provided. A printing system in which a printing apparatus and a post-processing apparatus for receiving a sheet printed by the printing apparatus and performing post-processing are connected, upon activation of the printing system, when detecting that a sheet is stacked in the post-processing apparatus, instructs the processing apparatus to discharge the remaining sheet.
Claims8
A printing apparatus capable of printing an image on a sheet, the printing apparatus comprising:
- a stacker capable of stacking sheets on which images are printed;
- a detection unit configured to detect that a sheet is stacked in the stacker;
- and
- a control unit configured to, upon an activation of the printing apparatus, control so that the sheet stacked in the stacker is moved to a predetermined position where a user can receive the sheet in accordance with the detection unit detecting that the sheet is stacked in the stacker.
A method of controlling a printing apparatus capable of printing an image on a sheet and having a stacker capable of stacking sheets on which images are printed, the method comprising:
- detecting that a sheet is stacked in the stacker;
- and
- upon an activation of the printing apparatus, controlling so that the sheet stacked in the stacker is moved to a predetermined position where a user can receive the sheet in accordance with being detected that the sheet is stacked in the stacker.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling a printing apparatus capable of printing an image on a sheet and having a stacker capable of stacking sheets on which images are printed, the method comprising:
- detecting that a sheet is stacked in the stacker;
- and
- upon an activation of the printing apparatus, controlling so that the sheet stacked in the stacker is moved to a predetermined position where a user can receive the sheet in accordance with being detected that the sheet is stacked in the stacker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.