Printing system using post-printing processing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMakoto Anno, Masanori Matsuzaki, Masamichi Akashi, Masayuki Sakura
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Abstract
This invention relates to an image forming apparatus having ability information of an available finisher, including a detection unit which detects the stop state of post-processing by the first finisher, a search unit which, when the detection unit detects the stop of the first finisher, searches a finisher that can alternatively perform processing to be executed by the first finisher based on the ability information, and a generation unit which generates post-processing setting information for the second finisher found by the search unit.
Claims2
An image forming apparatus having ability information of an available finisher, comprising:
- a detection unit which detects a stop state of post-processing by a first finisher;
- a search unit which, when said detection unit detects a stop of the first finisher, searches for a finisher that can alternatively perform processing to be executed by the first finisher based on the ability information;
- a generation unit which generates post-processing setting information for a second finisher found by said search unit;
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- a determination unit which, when said detection unit detects the stop of the first finisher, determines, by using the ability information, whether a printing job received by the image forming apparatus can be processed by combining a plurality of finishers,
- wherein when said determination unit determines that the printing job can be processed by combining a plurality of finishers, said generation unit generates the post-processing setting information for the plurality of finishers.
A method of controlling an image forming apparatus having ability information of an available finisher, comprising:
- a detection step of detecting a stop state of post-processing by a first finisher;
- a search step of, when a stop of the first finisher is detected in the detection step, searching for a finisher that can alternatively perform processing to be executed by the first finisher based on the ability information;
- a generation step of generating post-processing setting information for a second finisher found in the search step;
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- a determination step of, when the stop of the first finisher is detected in the detection step, determining, by using the ability information, whether a printing job received by the image forming apparatus can be processed by combining a plurality of finishers,
- wherein in the generation step, when the printing job is determined in the determination step to be processible by combining a plurality of finishers, the post-processing setting information is generated for the plurality of finishers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.