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US 8,947,691 B2Granted
Printing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoichi Ishizuka
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Abstract
A printing apparatus enables specifying a mode shift before execution of a new job to be entered, making it possible to reduce the time period during which a user needs to wait before performing sheet processing.
Claims11
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit configured to read document images and print images on sheets based on the read images through job execution;
- a sheet processing unit configured to convey the sheets with images printed thereon by the printing unit to a sheet processing apparatus, and to make the sheet processing apparatus perform sheet processing on the sheets;
- a changing unit configured to, in a state where image printing by the printing unit is restricted, shift the printing apparatus to a mode in which the sheet processing apparatus is instructed to perform sheet processing on the sheets;
- a specifying unit configured to, before execution of a new job to be entered, specify a mode shift of the printing apparatus to the mode after completion of printing for a relevant job and before printing for another job starts;
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- a control unit configured to, when a mode shift to the mode is specified by the specifying unit, control the printing apparatus to shift to the mode after completion of printing for the relevant job and before printing for the another job starts.
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A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit configured to read document images and print images on sheets based on the read images through job execution;
- a sheet processing unit configured to convey the sheets with images printed thereon by the printing unit to a sheet processing apparatus, and to make the sheet processing apparatus perform sheet processing on the sheets;
- a changing unit configured to, in a state where image printing by the printing unit is restricted, shift the printing apparatus to a mode in which the sheet processing apparatus is instructed to perform sheet processing on the sheets;
- a specifying unit configured to, before execution of a new job to be entered, specify a mode shift of the printing apparatus to the mode after completion of document image reading for a relevant job and before printing for the relevant job starts;
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- a control unit configured to, when a mode shift to the mode is specified by the specifying unit, control the printing apparatus to shift to the mode after completion of document image reading for the relevant job and before printing for the relevant job starts.
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A method for controlling the printing apparatus, the method comprising:
- reading document images and printing images on sheets based on the read images by a printing apparatus through job execution;
- conveying the sheets with images printed thereon by the printing apparatus to a sheet processing apparatus, and making the sheet processing apparatus perform sheet processing on the sheets;
- shifting, in a state where image printing by the printing apparatus is restricted, the printing apparatus to a mode in which the sheet processing apparatus is instructed to perform sheet processing on the sheets;
- specifying, before execution of a new job to be entered, a mode shift of the printing apparatus to the mode after completion of printing for a relevant job and before printing for another job starts;
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- controlling, when a mode shift to the mode is specified, the printing apparatus to shift to the mode after completion of printing for the relevant job and before printing for the another job starts.
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A method for controlling a printing apparatus, the method comprising:
- reading document images and printing images on sheets based on the read images by a printing apparatus through job execution;
- conveying the sheets with images printed thereon by the printing apparatus to a sheet processing apparatus, and making the sheet processing apparatus perform sheet processing on the sheets;
- shifting, in a state where image printing by the printing unit is restricted, the printing apparatus to a mode in which the sheet processing apparatus is instructed to perform sheet processing on the sheets;
- specifying, before execution of a new job to be entered, a mode shift of the printing apparatus to the mode after completion of document image reading for a relevant job and before printing for the relevant job starts;
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- controlling, when a mode shift to the mode is specified, the printing apparatus to shift to the mode after completion of document image reading for the relevant job and before printing for the relevant job starts.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method for controlling a printing apparatus, the method comprising:
- reading document images and printing images on sheets based on the read images by a printing apparatus through job execution;
- conveying the sheets with images printed thereon by the printing apparatus to a sheet processing apparatus, and making the sheet processing apparatus perform sheet processing on the sheets;
- shifting, in a state where image printing by the printing unit is restricted, the printing apparatus to a mode in which the sheet processing apparatus is instructed to perform sheet processing on the sheets;
- specifying, before execution of a new job to be entered, a mode shift of the printing apparatus to the mode after completion of document image reading for a relevant job and before printing for the relevant job starts;
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- controlling, when a mode shift to the mode is specified, the printing apparatus to shift to the mode after completion of document image reading for the relevant job and before printing for the relevant job starts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.