Image forming apparatus for outputting a print job into a plurality of trays
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSeiya Fujinaga
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus arranged to produce groups of printed sheets. Each group includes a plurality of sequential sheets. The image forming apparatus includes a plurality of storage units each configured to store the printed sheets produced by an image forming unit, a sorter unit configured to sort the printed sheets of a group into a plurality of portions, wherein the sheets in each portion are in sequential order, and to output each of the portions to a different storage unit, and a display unit configured to display an indication of the storage unit storing the portion including the first or the last sheet of the group such that a user is directed to collect the portion including the first or the last sheet of the group from the indicated storage unit first.
Claims24
An apparatus comprising:
- a first plurality of discharging units, each of the first plurality of discharging units being configured to receive one or more sheets on which an image is printed by a printing unit,
- a first plurality of display units each provided for a different one of the first plurality of discharging units;
- a specifying unit configured to specify a group of sheets from a plurality of groups in accordance with an instruction input by a user;
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- a control unit configured to control, in a case where one or more printed sheets belonging to a same group are discharged to a second plurality of discharging units selected from the first plurality of discharging units, a second plurality of display units provided for the second plurality of discharging units to which the one or more printed sheets are discharged among the first plurality of display units,
- wherein, in a case where the group is specified from the plurality of groups by the specifying unit, the control unit changes a display state of a display unit provided for a discharging unit to which one or more printed sheets to be removed first are discharged among the second plurality of discharging units to which one or more printed sheets belonging to the specified group are discharged;
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- wherein, in a case where the one or more printed sheets to be removed first are removed, the control unit changes a display state of a display unit provided for a discharging unit to which one or more printed sheets to be removed next are discharged.
A method for controlling an apparatus including a first plurality of discharging units, each of the first plurality of discharging unit being configured to receive one or more sheets on which an image is printed by a printing unit, and a first plurality of display units, the method comprising:
- specifying a group of sheets from a plurality of groups in accordance with an instruction input by a user;
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- controlling, in a case where one or more printed sheets belonging to a same group are discharged to a second plurality of discharging units selected from the first plurality of discharging units, display of a second plurality of display units each provided for a different one of the second plurality of discharging units to which the one or more printed sheets are discharged among the first plurality of display units,
- wherein, in a case where the group is specified from the plurality of groups, it is controlled to change a display state of a display unit provided for a discharging unit to which one or more printed sheets to be removed first are discharged among the second plurality of discharging units to which one or more printed sheets belonging to the specified group are discharged, and
- wherein, in a case where the one or more sheets to be removed first are removed, it is controlled to change a display state of a display unit provided for a discharging unit to which one or more sheets to be removed next are discharged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.