Sheet stacking apparatus, printing apparatus, control method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKengo Nieda
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Abstract
A sheet stacking apparatus is provided. A conveyor unit performs stacking of sheets discharged from a printing apparatus and conveying of stacked sheets. A detection unit detects whether or not the printing apparatus is currently discharging a sheet. A control unit, so as to secure a stacking space for a sheet discharged from the printing apparatus on the conveyor unit, controls a feeding operation of the conveyor unit correspondingly to a period of time over which the detection unit detected that the printing apparatus is discharging a sheet.
Claims19
A sheet stacking apparatus comprising:
- a conveyor unit configured to perform stacking of sheets discharged from a printing apparatus and conveying of stacked sheets;
- a detection unit configured to detect whether or not the printing apparatus is currently discharging a sheet;
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- a control unit configured to, so as to secure a stacking space for a sheet discharged from the printing apparatus on the conveyor unit, control a feeding operation of the conveyor unit correspondingly to a period of time over which the detection unit detected that the printing apparatus is discharging a sheet.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit configured to print on a sheet;
- a discharge unit configured to a sheet printed by the printing unit from a casing of the printing apparatus,
- a conveyor unit configured to perform stacking of sheets discharged from the casing by the discharge unit and conveying of stacked sheets;
- a detection unit configured to detect whether or not the discharge unit is currently discharging a sheet;
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- a control unit configured to, so as to secure a stacking space for a sheet discharged from the casing by the discharging unit on the conveyor unit, control a feeding operation of the conveyor unit correspondingly to a period of time over which the detection unit detected that the discharge unit is discharging a sheet from the casing.
A control method for a sheet stacking apparatus including a conveyor unit configured to perform stacking of sheets discharged from a printing apparatus and conveying of stacked sheets and a detection unit configured to detect whether or not the printing apparatus is currently discharging a sheet, comprising:
- a controlling, so as to secure a stacking space for a sheet discharged from the printing apparatus on the conveyor unit, a feeding operation of the conveyor unit correspondingly to a period of time over which the detection unit detected that the printing apparatus is discharging a sheet.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a control method performed by a sheet stacking apparatus including a conveyor unit configured to perform stacking of sheets discharged from a printing apparatus and conveying of stacked sheets and a detection unit configured to detect whether or not the printing apparatus is currently discharging a sheet, the method comprising:
- a controlling, so as to secure a stacking space for a sheet discharged from the printing apparatus on the conveyor unit, a feeding operation of the conveyor unit correspondingly to a period of time over which the detection unit detected that the printing apparatus is discharging a sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.