Information control apparatus, print system, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11050896-B2
Application number	US-201816190479-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2018
Priority date	Nov 27, 2017
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

Abstract

An information control apparatus controls a printer device. The printer device performs printing on a sheet fed from a sheet feeder in accordance with a print instruction. The information control apparatus includes a controller. In a case in which the printer device outputs a check sheet while the print instruction is being executed, if a sheet to be used as the check sheet is a prohibited type of sheet to be prohibited from being used as the check sheet, the controller performs control so that the prohibited type of sheet will be switched to a sheet which is preset as a substitute type of sheet and the sheet feeder will feed the sheet preset as the substitute type of sheet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information control apparatus that controls a printer device, the printer device performing printing on a sheet fed from a sheet feeder in accordance with a print instruction, comprising:
a controller that performs control, in a case in which the printer device outputs a check sheet while the print instruction is being executed, if a sheet to be used as the check sheet is a prohibited type of sheet to be prohibited from being used as the check sheet, so that the prohibited type of sheet will be switched to a sheet which is preset as a substitute type of sheet and the sheet feeder will feed the sheet preset as the substitute type of sheet.

2. The information control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, if the prohibited type of sheet is a sheet having a projecting portion, the controller performs control so that information to be printed on the projecting portion will be printed on the sheet preset as the substitute type of sheet at a position displaced from a position of the projecting portion.

3. The information control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the controller performs control so that the information to be printed on the projecting portion will be printed on the sheet preset as the substitute type of sheet at a position corresponding to the position of the projecting portion.

4. The information control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, if the prohibited type of sheet is a sheet having a projecting portion, the controller performs control so that information to be printed on the projecting portion will be printed on a sheet preset as the substitute type of sheet which is large enough to contain the projecting portion.

5. The information control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, if a page corresponding to the check sheet is blank, the controller performs control so that a screen for checking whether the check sheet will be output will be displayed.

6. The information control apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a setter that displays a setting screen including first and second fields, a type of sheet to be prohibited from being used as the check sheet being input into the first field, a type of sheet to be used as the substitute type of sheet instead of the type of sheet input into the first field being input into the second field, and that sets the type of sheet input into the first field and the type of sheet input into the second field as prohibited-sheet-type information,
wherein the controller controls the sheet feeder based on the prohibited-sheet-type information.

7. The information control apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a setter that displays a setting screen including first and second fields, a type of sheet to be prohibited from being used as the check sheet being input into the first field, a type of sheet to be used as the substitute type of sheet instead of the type of sheet input into the first field being input into the second field, and that sets the type of sheet input into the first field and the type of sheet input into the second field as prohibited-sheet-type information,
wherein the controller controls the sheet feeder based on the prohibited-sheet-type information.

8. The information control apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a setter that displays a setting screen including first and second fields, a type of sheet to be prohibited from being used as the check sheet being input into the first field, a type of sheet to be used as the substitute type of sheet instead of the type of sheet input into the first field being input into the second field, and that sets the type of sheet input into the first field and the type of sheet input into the second field as prohibited-sheet-type information,
wherein the controller controls the sheet feeder based on the prohibited-sheet-type information.

9. The information control apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a setter that displays a setting screen including first and second fields, a type of sheet to be prohibited from being used as the check sheet being input into the first field, a type of sheet to be used as the substitute type of sheet instead of the type of sheet input into the first field being input into the second field, and that sets the type of sheet input into the first field and the type of sheet input into the second field as prohibited-sheet-type information,
wherein the controller controls the sheet feeder based on the prohibited-sheet-type information.

10. The information control apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a setter that displays a setting screen including first and second fields, a type of sheet to be prohibited from being used as the check sheet being input into the first field, a type of sheet to be used as the substitute type of sheet instead of the type of sheet input into the first field being input into the second field, and that sets the type of sheet input into the first field and the type of sheet input into the second field as prohibited-sheet-type information,
wherein the controller controls the sheet feeder based on the prohibited-sheet-type information.

11. The information control apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein:
the setting screen includes a selector that makes selection to determine, if the type of sheet input into the first field is a sheet having a projecting portion, whether information to be printed on the projecting portion will be printed on the type of sheet input into the second field at a position displaced from a position of the projecting portion or a page corresponding to the check sheet will be printed on a sheet large enough to contain the projecting portion; and
the controller performs control in accordance with a selection result of the selector.

12. The information control apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein:
the setting screen includes a selector that makes selection to determine, if the type of sheet input into the first field is a sheet having a projecting portion, whether information to be printed on the projecting portion will be printed on the type of sheet input into the second field at a position displaced from a position of the projecting portion or a page corresponding to the check sheet will be printed on a sheet large enough to contain the projecting portion; and
the controller performs control in accordance with a selection result of the selector.

13. The information control apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein:
the setting screen includes a selector that makes selection to determine, if the type of sheet input into the first field is a sheet having a projecting portion, whether information to be printed on the projecting portion will be printed on the type of sheet input into the second field at a position displaced from a position of the projecting portion or a page corresponding to the check sheet will be printed on a sheet large enough to contain the projecting portion; and
the controller performs control in accordance with a selection result of the selector.

14. The information control apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein:
the setting screen includes a selector that makes selection to determine, if the type of sheet input into the first field is a sheet having a projecting portion, whether information to be printed on the projecting portion will be printed on the type of sheet input into the second field at a position displaced from a position of the projecting portion or a page corresponding to the check sheet will be printed on a sheet large enough to contain the projecting portion; and
the controller performs cont

Assignees

• Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp

Inventors

• Komazawa Hisao
• Kato Hideo
• Ichijima Shingo

Classifications

• G06F3/1219

  with regard to consumables, e.g. ink, toner, paper · CPC title

• H04N1/00779

  Adjusting settings, e.g. mode, feeding rate or type of paper · CPC title

• H04N1/00724 Primary

  Type of sheet, e.g. colour of paper or transparency · CPC title

• G06F3/1256

  User feedback, e.g. print preview, test print, proofing, pre-flight checks · CPC title

• G06F3/1208

  resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours, workflows, print preview · CPC title