US 9,519,448 B2Granted

Printing system, printing apparatus, printing control apparatus, sheet management system, printing control apparatus control method, and related storage medium

AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorKosuke Tsujita

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Abstract

A printing system includes a printing apparatus and a control apparatus. The printing apparatus obtains first attribute information about a sheet stored in a first sheet holding unit of the printing apparatus, and sends the information to the control apparatus. The control apparatus determines a combination of the first and second attribute information about the sheet and selects at least the first and a second sheet holding units. The control apparatus stores the combination in association with the selected first and second sheet holding units where a user instruction is accepted. The control apparatus obtains the second attribute information based on the received first attribute information, and sends the second attribute information to the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus sets the received second attribute information as attribute information about the sheet stored in the first sheet holding unit.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A printing system including:

a printing control apparatus and a printing apparatus which is able to print an image on a sheet conveyed from a sheet holding unit among a plurality of sheet holding units,
wherein the printing control apparatus includes:
a designating unit configured to designate attribute information of a sheet,
a selecting unit configured to select sheet holding units from the plurality of sheet holding units,
an accepting unit configured to accept an instruction for storing the attribute information of the sheet designated by the designating unit in a state where the sheet holding units have been selected by the selecting unit, and
a storage configured to store, based on the instruction accepted by the accepting unit, sheet size information of the sheet and the attribute information of the sheet in association with each of the sheet holding units selected by the selecting unit,
wherein the printing apparatus includes:
an obtaining unit configured to obtain the sheet size information of a sheet stored in the sheet holding unit, and
a first sending unit configured to send, to the printing control apparatus, the sheet size information obtained by the obtaining unit,
wherein the printing control apparatus further includes:
a first receiving unit configured to receive the sheet size information sent by the first sending unit,
a determining unit configured to determine, based on the sheet size information received by the first receiving unit, the attribute information of the sheet stored in association with the sheet holding unit by the storage, wherein the sheet size information of the sheet stored in association with the sheet holding unit by the storage corresponds to the sheet size information received by the first receiving unit, and
a second sending unit configured to send, to the printing apparatus, the attribute information determined by the determining unit,
wherein the printing apparatus further includes:
a second receiving unit configured to receive the attribute information sent by the second sending unit,
a setting unit configured to set the attribute information received by the second receiving unit, as attribute information of a sheet stored in the sheet holding unit, and
a printer configured to print, based on the attribute information set by the setting unit, an image on the sheet conveyed from the sheet holding unit,
wherein the designating unit, the selecting unit, the accepting unit, the first receiving unit, the determining unit, and the second sending unit are implemented by a processor and a memory, and
wherein the obtaining unit, the first sending unit, the second receiving unit, and the setting unit are implemented by a processor and a memory.

16 more elements

A printing system including:

a printing control apparatus and a printing apparatus which is able to print an image on a sheet conveyed from a sheet holding unit among a plurality of sheet holding units,
wherein the printing control apparatus includes:
a first designating unit configured to designate attribute information of a sheet,
a second designating unit configured to designate a number of sheet holding units to be selected from the plurality of sheet holding units,
an accepting unit configured to accept an instruction for storing the attribute information of the sheet designated by the first designating unit in a state where the sheet holding units have been selected based on the number of sheet holding units designated by the second designating unit, and
a storage configured to store, based on the instruction accepted by the accepting unit, sheet size information of the sheet and the attribute information of the sheet in association with each of the sheet holding units selected based on the number of sheet holding units designated by the second designating unit,
wherein the printing apparatus includes:
an obtaining unit configured to obtain the sheet size information of a sheet stored in the sheet holding unit, and
a first sending unit configured to send, to the printing control apparatus, the sheet size information obtained by the obtaining unit,
wherein the printing control apparatus further includes:
a first receiving unit configured to receive the sheet size information sent by the first sending unit,
a determining unit configured to determine, based on the sheet size information received by the first receiving unit, the attribute information of the sheet stored in association with the sheet holding unit by the storage, the sheet size information of the sheet stored in association with the sheet holding unit by the storage corresponding to the sheet size information received by the first receiving unit, and
a second sending unit configured to send, to the printing apparatus, the attribute information determined by the determining unit,
wherein the printing apparatus further includes:
a second receiving unit configured to receive the attribute information sent by the second sending unit,
a setting unit configured to set the attribute information received by the second receiving unit, as attribute information of a sheet stored in the sheet holding unit, and
a printer configured to print, based on the attribute information set by the setting unit, an image on the sheet conveyed from the sheet holding unit,
wherein the first designating unit, the second designating unit, the accepting unit, the obtaining unit, the first receiving unit, the determining unit, and the second sending unit are implemented by a processor and a memory, and
wherein the obtaining unit, the first sending unit, the second receiving unit, and the setting unit are implemented by a processor and a memory.

16 more elements

A printing system including:

a printing control apparatus and a printing apparatus which is able to print an image on a sheet conveyed from a sheet holding unit among a plurality of sheet holding units,
wherein the printing control apparatus includes:
a designating unit configured to designate attribute information of a sheet by a user,
a selecting unit configured to select sheet holding units from the plurality of sheet holding units,
an accepting unit configured to accept an instruction for storing the attribute information of the sheet designated by the designating unit in a state where the sheet holding units have been selected by the selecting unit, and
a storage configured to store, based on the instruction accepted by the accepting unit, the attribute information of the sheet in association with each of the sheet holding units selected by the selecting unit,
wherein the printing apparatus includes:
an obtaining unit configured to obtain identification information for the sheet holding unit, and
a first sending unit configured to send, to the printing control apparatus, the identification information for the sheet holding unit obtained by the obtaining unit,
wherein the printing control apparatus further includes:
a first receiving unit configured to receive the identification information for the sheet holding unit sent by the first sending unit,
a determining unit configured to determine, based on the identification information for the sheet holding unit received by the first receiving unit, the attribute information of the sheet stored in association with the sheet holding unit by the storage, and
a second sending unit configured to send, to the printing apparatus, the attribute information determined by the determining unit,
wherein the printing apparatus further includes:
a second receiving unit configured to receive the attribute information sent by the second sending unit,
a setting unit configured to set the attribute information received by the second receiving unit, as attribute information of a sheet stored in the sheet holding unit, and
a printer configured to print, based on the attribute information set by the setting unit, an image on the sheet conveyed from the sheet holding unit,
wherein the designating unit, the selecting unit, the accepting unit, the obtaining unit, the first sending unit, the first receiving unit, the determining unit, the second sending unit, the second receiving unit, and the setting unit are implemented by a processor and a memory.

15 more elements

An information processing apparatus comprising:

an interface configured to receive an instruction for collectively associating identical attribute information of a sheet with a plurality of sheet holding units;
and
an associating unit configured to collectively associate the identical attribute information of a sheet with the plurality of sheet holding units according to reception of the instruction by the interface,
wherein the associating unit is implemented by a processor and a memory.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/561,122Filed 4 Dec 2014
Priority: JP 2013-2545649 Dec 2013
Published: US 2015/0160902 A111 Jun 2015
Granted: 13 Dec 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G06F 3/1257
Configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client: by using pre-stored settings, e.g. job templates, presets, print styles
G06F 3/1204
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic…
G06F 3/1288
Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server: in client-server-printer device configuration
G06K 15/002
Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data , e.g. computer output printers: interacting with the operator

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