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US 9,426,310 B2Granted
Technique for setting paper size for image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsTetsuya Onuki, Morihisa Kawahara, Junichi Tanimoto
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus indicates on a display a message prompting placement of paper, which is to be placed in a cassette, on a reading device and issuance of an instruction to start reading, in order to set a size of paper placed in the cassette. When touch of a button is detected after the message is indicated and a user operation giving an instruction to start reading is accepted, the image forming apparatus detects the size of placed paper using the reading device. The image forming apparatus then sets the size of paper placed in the cassette to the detected size.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a document reader configured to optically read a document;
- a paper holder configured to hold paper to be used for printing;
- and
- a processor configured to execute:
- indicating on a display a message prompting placement of paper on said document reader and issuance of an instruction to start reading, in order to set a size of paper placed in said paper holder;
- accepting a user operation;
- detecting the size of paper using said document reader;
- and
- setting the size of paper placed in said paper holder to the size of paper detected by said processor,
- wherein said processor is configured to set the size of paper placed in said paper holder to the size of paper that is detected in response to a user operation of giving said instruction to start reading, said user operation being accepted by said processor after said message is indicated on said display;
- said document reader comprises a scanner and a paper feeder configured to transport paper placed on said document reader to a reading position of said scanner, and
- said processor is configured to indicate on said display, in a case where a second paper has already been placed on one of said scanner and said paper feeder when the size of paper placed in said paper holder is to be set, a message prompting placement of paper, which is to be placed in said paper holder, on a one of said scanner and said paper feeder on which said second paper is not placed.
9 more elements
A control method for an image forming apparatus,
- said image forming apparatus comprising a document reader that performs an operation of optically reading a document;
- and a paper holder configured to hold paper to be used for printing, said control method comprising:
- indicating on a display a message prompting placement of paper, which is to be placed in said paper holder, on said document reader and issuance of an instruction to start reading, in order to set a size of paper placed in said paper holder;
- detecting the size of placed paper using said document reader in response to acceptance of a user operation of giving said instruction to start reading after said message is indicated on said display;
- and
- setting the size of paper placed in said paper holder to the detected size of said placed paper;
- wherein said document reader comprises a scanner and a paper feeder that transports paper placed on said document reader to a reading position of said scanner, and
- said indicating comprises indicating on said display, in a case where a second paper has already been placed on one of said scanner and said paper feeder when the size of paper placed in said paper holder is to be set, a message prompting placement of paper, which is to be placed in said paper holder, on a one of said scanner and said paper feeder on which said second paper is not placed.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer, which is mounted on an image forming apparatus comprising:
- a document reader that optically reads a document;
- and a paper holder capable of holding paper to be used for printing, to execute a process of setting a size of paper placed in said paper holder, said program causing said computer to execute:
- indicating on a display a message prompting placement of paper, which is to be placed in said paper holder, on said document reader and issuance of an instruction to start reading, in order to set the size of paper placed in said paper holder;
- detecting the size of placed paper using said document reader in response to acceptance of a user operation of giving said instruction to start reading after said message is indicated on said display;
- and
- setting the size of paper placed in said paper holder to the detected size of said placed paper;
- wherein said document reader comprises a scanner and a paper feeder that transports paper placed on said document reader to a reading position of said scanner, and
- said indicating comprises indicating on said display, in a case where a second paper has already been placed on one of said scanner and said paper feeder when the size of paper placed in said paper holder is to be set, a message prompting placement of paper, which is to be placed in said paper holder, on a one of said scanner and said paper feeder on which said second paper is not placed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.