Image forming apparatus, print job processing method, and program
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMitsuhiko Sato, Hidenori Sunada
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus which makes it possible to perform image forming processing and post-processing efficiently. A job controller divides a single print job into a plurality of print jobs according to the processing capability of a post-processing apparatus. A print controller causes a printer section to perform sequential operations according to the split print jobs, to form a plurality of sets of printed sheet bundles. The sets of sheet bundles formed in association with the respective print jobs and stacked on a stacker by the operation of the print controller are sequentially brought to the post-processing apparatus, and the post-processing apparatus sequentially performs post-processing on the supplied sets of sheet bundles.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit configured to form images on sheets based on an input print job;
- a stacker unit configured to stack a plurality of sheets which are to be carried to a post-processing apparatus that performs post-processing on sheets, said stacker unit stacking the sheets having images formed thereon by said image forming unit;
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- a control unit configured to determine an amount of sheets to be stacked on said stacker unit such that an input single print job is divided, based on per-hour processing capability of said image forming unit and per-hour processing capability of the post-processing apparatus.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a stacker unit configured to stack a plurality of sheets which are to be carried to a post-processing apparatus that performs post-processing on sheets,
- an image forming unit configured to form images on the sheets to be stacked on said stacker unit, based on an input print job;
- and
- a control unit configured to divide an input single print job into a plurality of print parts based on per-hour processing capability of said image forming unit and per-hour processing capability of the post-processing apparatus and control stacking of sheets on said stacker unit according to a result of dividing of the print job.
A print job processing method applied to an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit configured to form images on sheets based on an input print job, and a stacker unit configured to stack a plurality of sheets each having an image formed thereon by the image forming unit, the image forming apparatus being configured to perform communication with a post-processing apparatus for performing post-processing on a plurality of sheets brought from the image forming unit, the print job processing method comprising:
- a print job dividing step of dividing an input single print job into a plurality of print parts based on per-hour processing capability of the image forming unit and per-hour processing capability of the post-processing apparatus;
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- a control step of controlling stacking of sheets on the stacker unit according to the print parts obtained by division in said print job dividing step.
A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for causing a computer to execute a print job processing method applied to an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit configured to form images on sheets based on an input print job, and a stacker unit configured to stack a plurality of sheets each having an image formed thereon by the image forming unit, the image forming apparatus being configured to perform communication with a post-processing apparatus for performing post-processing on a plurality of sheets brought from the image forming unit,
- wherein the print job processing method comprises:
- a print job dividing step of dividing an input single print job into a plurality of print parts based on per-hour processing capability of the image forming unit and per-hour processing capability of the post-processing apparatus;
- and
- a control step of controlling stacking of sheets on the stacker unit according to the print parts obtained by division in said print job dividing step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.