Printing apparatus and control method for printing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYukio Kanakubo
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Abstract
A printing apparatus for performing printing using a recording material includes a plurality of storing units, a movement unit, and an execution unit. The plurality of storing units store the recording material. The movement unit moves one storing unit of the plurality of storing units to a replaceable position. The execution unit execute check processing for checking an operation of a storing unit if all of one storing unit or a plurality of the storing units determined to be lacking the recording material are moved to the replaceable position by the movement unit.
Claims22
A printing apparatus for performing printing using a recording material which is stored in at least one of a plurality of storing units configured to store the recording material, the printing apparatus comprising:
- a movement unit configured to move one storing unit of the plurality of storing units to a replaceable position;
- a control unit configured to cause the movement unit to move at least one of the plurality of storing units to the replaceable position based on determining that the at least one of the plurality of storing units is lacking the recording material;
- a detection unit configured to detect closing of a cover that is openable to replace the at least one storing unit moved to the replaceable position;
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- a counting unit configured to count a number of times closing of the cover is detected by the detection unit in a case where at least one of the plurality of the storing units is determined to be lacking the recording material,
- wherein the control unit is configured to execute check processing for checking the at least one storing unit after comparing a number of plural storing units determined to be lacking the recording material with the number of times counted by the counting unit.
A printing apparatus for performing printing using a recording material which is stored in at least one of a plurality of storing units configured to store the recording material, the printing apparatus comprising:
- a movement unit configured to move one storing unit of the plurality of storing units to a replaceable position;
- a control unit configured to cause the movement unit to move at least one of the plurality of storing units to the replaceable position based on determining that the at least one of the plurality of storing units is lacking the recording material;
- a detection unit configured to detect closing of a cover that is openable to replace the at least one storing unit moved to the replaceable position;
- a storage unit configured to store information indicating whether each of plural storing units determined to be lacking the recording material has been replaced;
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- an updating unit configured to store, in the storage unit, information indicating that a storing unit moved to the replacement position has been replaced in a case where closing of the cover is detected by the detection unit,
- wherein the control unit is configured to execute check processing for checking the first storing unit based on the information stored in the storage unit indicating that the plural storing units determined to be lacking the recording material have been replaced.
A printing apparatus for performing printing using a recording material which is stored in at least one of a plurality of storing units configured to store the recording material, the printing apparatus comprising:
- a movement unit configured to move one storing unit of the plurality of storing units to a replaceable position;
- a control unit configured to cause the movement unit to move at least one of the plurality of storing units to the replaceable position based on determining that the at least one of the plurality of storing units is lacking the recording material;
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- a determination unit configured to determine whether a number of plural storing units determined to be lacking the recording material and a number of storing units determined to be replaced match each other,
- wherein the control unit is configured to cause the movement unit to move a storing unit of the plural storing units to the replaceable position based on determining that the number of plural storing units determined to be lacking the recording material and the number of storing units determined to be replaced do not match each other, and execute check processing for checking the storing unit based on determining that the number of plural storing units determined to be lacking the recording material and the number of storing units determined to be replaced match each other.
A control method for a printing apparatus for performing printing using a recording material which is stored in at least one of a plurality of storing units configured to store the recording material, the control method comprising:
- moving at least one of the plurality of storing units based on determining that the at least one of the plurality of storing units is lacking the recording material;
- determining whether a number of plural storing units determined to be lacking the recording material and a number of storing units determined to be replaced match each other;
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- executing check processing for checking the at least one storing unit based on determining that the number of plural storing units determined to be lacking the recording material and the number of storing units determined to be replaced match each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.