Image forming apparatus and sheet accommodating device
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYohei Suzuki, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Hiroharu Tsuji, Genki Takahashi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an accommodation unit and a display unit. The accommodation unit accommodates a sheet having an image formed thereon. The display unit displays a selection screen that prompts a user to select information concerning a user who has given instructions to the accommodation unit to accommodate a sheet. The display unit displays a predetermined screen that represents a state or function of the image forming apparatus, and switches the predetermined screen to the selection screen on condition that the instructions have been received.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main body formed with an opening;
- an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet;
- an accommodation unit configured to accommodate, inside the main body, the sheet on which the image has been formed by the image forming unit;
- a sheet moving unit configured to move the sheet accommodated in the accommodation unit until the sheet is exposed to outside the main body via the opening;
- a display unit configured to display a screen;
- and
- a controller configured to switch the screen of the display unit,
- wherein, in a case where an instruction is received from a user to accommodate a sheet in the accommodation unit, the controller switches the screen of the display unit from a predetermined screen to a selection screen which displays information concerning the user giving the instruction to accommodate the sheet in the accommodation unit and the controller causes the accommodation unit to accommodate the sheet,
- wherein, in a case where the information has been selected on the selection screen, the sheet moving unit moves a sheet of the user associated with the selected information until the sheet is exposed to outside the main body via the opening and the controller determines whether the accommodation unit is in use,
- wherein, in a case where the controller determines that the accommodation unit is in use, the controller causes the display unit to display the selection screen, and
- wherein, in a case where the controller determines that the accommodation unit is not in use, the controller causes the display unit to display the predetermined screen.
A sheet accommodating device comprising:
- a main body formed with an opening;
- an accommodation unit configured to accommodate, inside the main body, a sheet having an image formed thereon;
- a sheet moving unit configured to move the sheet accommodated in the accommodation unit until the sheet is exposed to outside the main body via the opening;
- a display unit configured to display a screen;
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- a controller configured to switch the screen of the display unit,
- wherein, in a case where an instruction is received from a user to accommodate a sheet in the accommodation unit, the controller switches the screen of the display unit from a predetermined screen to a selection screen which displays information concerning the user giving the instruction to accommodate the sheet in the accommodation unit and the controller causes the accommodation unit to accommodate the sheet,
- wherein, in a case where the information has been selected on the selection screen, the sheet moving unit moves a sheet of the user associated with the selected information until the sheet is exposed to outside the main body via the opening and the controller determines whether the accommodation unit is in use,
- wherein, in a case where the controller determines that the accommodation unit is in use, the controller causes the display unit to display the selection screen, and
- wherein, in a case where the controller determines that the accommodation unit is not in use, the controller causes the display unit to display the predetermined screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.