Printing apparatus, information processing apparatus, and control method for printing apparatus and information processing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShukei Kurihara
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Abstract
A printing apparatus according to the present invention is a printing apparatus that performs printing using a recording material, and includes a plurality of storage units configured to store a recording material, a reception unit configured to receive designation information for specifying a storage unit to which the recording material is supplied, and a moving unit configured to move the storage unit that the designation information specifies, into a position at which the recording material can be supplied, according to an instruction.
Claims7
A printing apparatus that performs printing using a recording material, the printing apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of storage units configured to store a recording material;
- a reception unit configured to receive designation information for specifying a storage unit to be replaced from an external apparatus;
- and
- a moving unit configured to move, in a replacement mode in which a storage unit which stores a recording material is replaced, the storage unit that the designation information specifies into a position at which a storage unit which stores a recording material can be replaced, in a case where the designation information has been received by the reception unit, and move a storage unit which is closest to the position, into the position, in a case where the designation information has not been received by the reception unit.
A control method performed in a printing apparatus that includes a plurality of storage units configured to store a recording material, and performs printing using the recording material, the control method comprising:
- receiving designation information for specifying a storage unit to be replaced from an external apparatus;
- and
- moving, in a replacement mode in which a storage unit stores a recording material is replaced, the storage unit that the designation information specifies into a position at which a storage unit which stores a recording material can be replaced in a case where the designation information has been received, and move a storage unit which is closest to the position, into the position, in a case where the designation information has not been received.
A non-transitory storage medium for storing a program readable by a computer of a printing apparatus that includes a plurality of storage units configured to store a recording material, and performs printing using the recording material, the program causing a computer to execute,
- receiving designation information for specifying a storage unit to be replaced from an external apparatus;
- and
- moving, in a replacement mode in which a storage unit stores a recording material is replaced, the storage unit that the designation information specifies into a position at which a storage unit which stores a recording material can be replaced in a case where the designation information has been received, and move a storage unit which is closest to the position, into the position, in a case where the designation information has not been received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.