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US 8,711,371 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus, control method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHideyuki Okada
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a function of executing printing on a preprint sheet acquires orientation information about an orientation setting method of the preprint sheet when receiving a print job. The image forming apparatus includes a control unit, and when processing according to a setting included in the print job cannot be executed unless the orientation setting method of the preprint sheet is changed even if image data included in the print job is rotated, according to the orientation information and the setting included in the print job, the control unit causes a display unit to display an orientation setting method with which the processing according to the setting included in the print job can be executed on the preprint sheet.
Claims6
An image forming apparatus including a function of executing printing on a preprint sheet, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first determination unit configured to determine whether a printing mechanism in the image forming apparatus is a right-drum type printing mechanism for executing printing from a right side of a sheet or a left-drum type printing mechanism for executing printing from a left side of a sheet;
- a second determination unit configured to determine whether a paper feed unit selected by a user feeds a sheet by reversing the sheet;
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- a display control unit configured to display at least one of a first arrangement method indicating that a preprint sheet is placed in the paper feed unit in a state that a content already printed on the preprint sheet faces downward and a second arrangement method indicating that a preprint sheet is placed in the paper feed unit in a state that a content already printed on the preprint sheet faces upward,
- wherein, in a case where the printing mechanism is the right-drum type printing mechanism and the paper feed unit feeds a sheet by reversing the sheet, the display control unit displays a screen which allows a user to select the first arrangement method and not to select the second arrangement method,
- wherein, in a case where the printing mechanism is the right-drum type printing mechanism and the paper feed unit feeds a sheet without reversing the sheet, the display control unit displays a screen which allows a user to select the second arrangement method and not to select the first arrangement method,
- wherein, in a case where the printing mechanism is the left-drum type printing mechanism and the paper feed unit feeds a sheet by reversing the sheet, the display control unit displays a screen which allows a user to select the second arrangement method and not to select the first arrangement method, and
- wherein, in a case where the printing mechanism is the left-drum type printing mechanism and the paper feed unit feeds a sheet without reversing the sheet, the display control unit displays a screen which allows a user to select the first arrangement method and not to select the second arrangement method.
5 more elements
An image forming method for printing on a preprint sheet, comprising:
- determining whether a printing mechanism is a right-drum type printing mechanism for executing printing from a right side of a sheet or a left-drum type printing mechanism for executing printing from a left side of a sheet;
- determining whether a paper feed unit selected by a user feeds a sheet by reversing the sheet;
- and
- displaying at least one of a first arrangement method indicating that a preprint sheet is placed in the paper feed unit in a state that a content already printed on the preprint sheet faces downward and a second arrangement method indicating that a preprint sheet is placed in the paper feed unit in a state that a content already printed on the preprint sheet faces upward,
- wherein, in a case where the printing mechanism is the right-drum type printing mechanism and the paper feed unit feeds a sheet by reversing the sheet, a screen is displayed which allows a user to select the first arrangement method and not to select the second arrangement method,
- wherein, in a case where the printing mechanism is the right-drum type printing mechanism and the paper feed unit feeds a sheet without reversing the sheet, a screen is displayed which allows a user to select the second arrangement method and not to select the first arrangement method,
- wherein, in a case where the printing mechanism is the left-drum type printing mechanism and the paper feed unit feeds a sheet by reversing the sheet, a screen is displayed which allows a user to select the second arrangement method and not to select the first arrangement method, and
- wherein, in a case where the printing mechanism is the left-drum type printing mechanism and the paper feed unit feeds a sheet without reversing the sheet, a screen is displayed which allows a user to select the first arrangement method and not to select the second arrangement method.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer-executable process, the computer-executable process causing a computer to execute an image forming method for printing on a preprint sheet, comprising:
- determining whether a printing mechanism is a right-drum type printing mechanism for executing printing from a right side of a sheet or a left-drum type printing mechanism for executing printing from a left side of a sheet;
- determining whether a paper feed unit selected by a user feeds a sheet by reversing the sheet;
- and
- displaying at least one of a first arrangement method indicating that a preprint sheet is placed in the paper feed unit in a state that a content already printed on the preprint sheet faces downward and a second arrangement method indicating that a preprint sheet is placed in the paper feed unit in a state that a content already printed on the preprint sheet faces upward,
- wherein, in a case where the printing mechanism is the right-drum type printing mechanism and the paper feed unit feeds a sheet by reversing the sheet, a screen is displayed which allows a user to select the first arrangement method and not to select the second arrangement method,
- wherein, in a case where the printing mechanism is the right-drum type printing mechanism and the paper feed unit feeds a sheet without reversing the sheet, a screen is displayed which allows a user to select the second arrangement method and not to select the first arrangement method,
- wherein, in a case where the printing mechanism is the left-drum type printing mechanism and the paper feed unit feeds a sheet by reversing the sheet, a screen is displayed which allows a user to select the second arrangement method and not to select the first arrangement method, and
- wherein, in a case where the printing mechanism is the left-drum type printing mechanism and the paper feed unit feeds a sheet without reversing the sheet, a screen is displayed which allows a user to select the first arrangement method and not to select the second arrangement method.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.