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US 2018/0095701 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus, control method of image forming system and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuhiro Takahashi
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an image forming apparatus configured to output an image in an orientation expected by a user. A controller can execute a mode in which an image is formed on a sheet by an image forming portion even if a sheet size included in the image forming job is inconsistent with a sheet size stored in the storage portion. In such a mode, the controller executes an operation by which an image having an orientation corresponding to a sheet orientation stored in the storage portion is formed on the sheet if a sheet orientation included in the image forming job is inconsistent with the sheet orientation stored in the storage portion.
Claims16
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a sheet support portion configured to support a sheet;
- an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet fed from the sheet support portion;
- a storage portion configured to store information of a sheet size and a sheet orientation of the sheet supported on the sheet support portion;
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- a controller comprising a processor and configured to execute, in a case where an image forming job is inputted, one of a plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode,
- wherein the first mode is a mode in which an image is formed on the sheet by the image forming portion only if a sheet size included in the image forming job is consistent with the sheet size stored in the storage portion, and the second mode is a mode in which an image is formed on the sheet by the image forming portion even if the sheet size included in the image forming job is inconsistent with the sheet size stored in the storage portion, and
- wherein the controller is configured to execute, in the second mode, a first operation by which
- an image corresponding to a sheet orientation included in the image forming job is formed on the sheet if the sheet orientation included in the image forming job is consistent with the sheet orientation stored in the storage portion, and
- an image corresponding to the sheet orientation stored in the storage portion is formed on the sheet if the sheet orientation included in the image forming job is inconsistent with the sheet orientation stored in the storage portion.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a sheet support portion configured to support a sheet;
- a size detection portion configured to detect a size of the sheet supported by the sheet support portion;
- an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet fed from the sheet support portion;
- a storage portion configured to store information of a sheet size and a sheet orientation of the sheet supported on the sheet support portion, and information indicating whether an input-free setting that allows to omit an input of the sheet size and the sheet orientation is enabled or disabled;
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- a controller comprising a processor and configured to execute, in a case where an image forming job is inputted, one of a plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode,
- wherein the first mode is a mode in which an image is formed on the sheet by the image forming portion only if a sheet size included in the image forming job is consistent with the sheet size stored in the storage portion, and the second mode is a mode in which an image is formed by the image forming portion even if the sheet size included in the image forming job is inconsistent with the sheet size stored in the storage portion, and
- wherein in a case where the controller executes the second mode with the input-free setting enabled, the controller is configured to execute an operation by which an orientation of an image to be formed on the sheet by the image forming portion is changed depending on the size of the sheet detected by the size detection portion.
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A control method of an image forming system that includes an image forming apparatus and a host computer in which a driver software to generate an image forming job is installed, the image forming apparatus including:
- a sheet support portion configured to support a sheet;
- an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet fed from the sheet support portion;
- and a storage portion configured to store information of a sheet size and a sheet orientation of the sheet supported on the sheet support portion, wherein the image forming apparatus is configured to execute, in a case where the image forming apparatus receives the image forming job from the host computer, one of a plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode, wherein the first mode is a mode in which an image is formed on the sheet by the image forming portion only if a sheet size included in the image forming job is consistent with the sheet size stored in the storage portion, and the second mode is a mode in which an image is formed on the sheet by the image forming portion even if the sheet size included in the image forming job is inconsistent with the sheet size stored in the storage portion,
- the control method comprising:
- obtaining information of the sheet stored in the storage portion, information of the mode to be executed by the image forming apparatus upon receiving the image forming job, and input image data and a sheet orientation inputted into the driver software;
- setting an orientation, with respect to the sheet to be fed from the sheet support portion, of an output image data to be formed into an image by the image forming portion, the orientation of the output image data being determined based on a result of the obtaining step;
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- generating the output image data based on the input image data obtained by the obtaining step and the orientation of the output image data set by the setting step,
- wherein in a case where the information obtained by the obtaining step indicates that the second mode is executed by the image forming apparatus upon receiving the image forming job, the setting step is performed such that
- an orientation corresponding to the sheet orientation included in the image forming job is set as the orientation of the output image data if the sheet orientation inputted into the driver software and the sheet orientation stored in the storage portion are consistent, and
- an orientation corresponding to the sheet orientation stored in the storage portion is set as the orientation of the output image data if the sheet orientation inputted into the driver software and the sheet orientation stored in the storage portion are inconsistent.
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A control method of an image forming system that includes an image forming apparatus and a host computer in which a driver software to generate an image forming job is installed, the image forming apparatus including:
- a sheet support portion configured to support a sheet;
- a size detection portion configured to detect a size of the sheet supported by the sheet support portion;
- an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet fed from the sheet support portion;
- and a storage portion configured to store information of a sheet size and a sheet orientation of the sheet supported on the sheet support portion and information indicating whether an input-free setting that allows to omit an input of the sheet size and the sheet orientation is enabled or disabled, wherein the image forming apparatus is configured to execute, in a case where the image forming apparatus receives the image forming job from the host computer, one of a plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode, wherein the first mode is a mode in which an image is formed on the sheet by the image forming portion only if a sheet size included in the image forming job is consistent with the sheet size stored in the storage portion, and the second mode is a mode in which an image is formed on the sheet by the image forming portion even if the sheet size included in the image forming job is inconsistent with the sheet size stored in the storage portion,
- the control method comprising:
- obtaining information of the sheet stored in the storage portion, information of the input-free setting, information of the mode to be executed by the image forming apparatus upon receiving the image forming job, and input image data and a sheet orientation inputted into the driver software;
- setting an orientation, with respect to the sheet to be fed from the sheet support portion, of an output image data to be formed into an image by the image forming portion, the orientation of the output image data being determined based on a result of the obtaining step;
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- generating the output image data based on the input image data obtained by the obtaining step and the orientation of the output image data set by the setting step,
- wherein in a case where the information obtained by the obtaining step indicates that the second mode is executed by the image forming apparatus upon receiving the image forming job and that the input-free setting is enabled, the setting step is performed such that an either orientation of the sheet orientation inputted into the driver software and the sheet orientation stored in the storage portion is set as the orientation of the output image data depending on the size of the sheet detected by the size detection portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.