Print management system to set adjustment value information about sheet feeding cassettes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11307808-B2
Application number	US-201816041189-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2018
Priority date	Jul 27, 2017
Publication date	Apr 19, 2022
Grant date	Apr 19, 2022

Abstract

A print management system having a control apparatus and an image forming apparatus with sheet feeding cassettes includes a sheet data registration unit to register sheet data indicating an attribute of each print sheet, a sheet feeding cassette selection unit to select a sheet feeding cassette, and a sheet data selection unit to select sheet data about at least one type of print sheet from the registered sheet data. An adjustment value setting unit sets adjustment value information during image formation while feeding the selected print sheet and a database setting unit sets, in association with each other, the attribute of the selected sheet feeding cassette, the selected sheet data about the print sheet, and the set adjustment value information. The database setting unit allows setting to one piece of sheet data adjustment value information about each sheet feeding cassette selected by the sheet feeding cassette selection unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system which sets sheet information in accordance with any one of a plurality of sheet accommodating devices, the system comprising:
a user interface that receives, as sheet information of a sheet, a setting value used for printing an image on the sheet and that designates a sheet accommodating device to which the sheet may be set from among the plurality of sheet accommodating devices; and
a database that stores sheet information including the setting value and identification information of the designated sheet accommodating device to which the sheet may be set from among the plurality of sheet accommodating devices,
wherein the user interface further selects sheet information from among a plurality of pieces of the sheet information stored in the database,
wherein the system allows to set the selected sheet information to a sheet accommodating device of the plurality of sheet accommodating devices in a case where the sheet accommodating device of the plurality of sheet accommodating devices is same as the sheet accommodating device corresponding to the identification information included in the selected sheet information, and
wherein the system restricts to set the selected sheet information to the sheet accommodating device of the plurality of sheet accommodating devices in a case where the sheet accommodating device of the plurality of sheet accommodating devices is not same as the sheet accommodating device corresponding to the identification information included in the selected sheet information.

2. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a printing device which executes a job to print an image on the sheet in accordance with the setting value.

3. The system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the setting value includes an adjustment value about a transfer voltage.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the system performs predetermined notification in a case where the sheet accommodating device of the plurality of sheet accommodating devices is not same as the sheet accommodating device corresponding to the identification information included in the selected sheet information.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the user interface designates two or more sheet accommodating devices in which the sheet may be set, and
wherein the database stores sheet information including the setting value and identification information of the two or more designated sheet accommodating devices.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the system is configured to communicate with a printing device which executes a job to print an image on the sheet according to the setting value.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the setting value includes an adjustment value about a print position of the image.

8. A method for a system setting sheet information in accordance with any one of a plurality of sheet accommodating devices, the method comprising:
receiving, as sheet information of a sheet, a setting value used for printing an image on the sheet and designating a sheet accommodating device to which the sheet may be set from among the plurality of sheet accommodating devices;
storing, in a database, sheet information including the setting value and identification information of the designated sheet accommodating device to which the sheet may be set from among the plurality of sheet accommodating devices;
selecting sheet information from among a plurality pieces of the sheet information stored in the database;
allowing to set the selected sheet information to a sheet accommodating device of the plurality of sheet accommodating devices in a case where the sheet accommodating device of the plurality of sheet accommodating devices is same as the sheet accommodating device corresponding to the identification information included in the selected sheet information; and
restricting to set the selected sheet information in accordance with the sheet accommodating device of the plurality of sheet accommodating devices in a case where the sheet accommodating device of the plurality of sheet accommodating devices is not same as the sheet accommodating device corresponding to the identification information included in the selected sheet information.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to cause a computer to perform a method for a system setting sheet information in accordance with any one of a plurality of sheet accommodating devices, the method comprising:
receiving, as sheet information of a sheet, a setting value used for printing an image on the sheet and designating a sheet accommodating device to which the sheet may be set from among the plurality of sheet accommodating devices;
storing, in a database, sheet information including the setting value and identification information of the designated sheet accommodating device to which the sheet may be set from among the plurality of sheet accommodating devices;
selecting sheet information from among a plurality pieces of the sheet information stored in the database;
allowing to set the selected sheet information to a sheet accommodating device of the plurality of sheet accommodating devices in a case where the sheet accommodating device of the plurality of sheet accommodating devices is same as the sheet accommodating device corresponding to the identification information included in the selected sheet information; and
restricting to set the selected sheet information to the sheet accommodating device of the plurality of sheet accommodating devices in a case where the sheet accommodating device of the plurality of sheet accommodating devices is not same as the sheet accommodating device corresponding to the identification information included in the selected sheet information.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Yamakawa Junichi
• Harano Yuzo
• Ooba Hideaki
• Ito Aya
• Kawamura Nobuhiro
• Kimura Yusuke

Classifications

• H04N1/00726

  Other properties of the sheet, e.g. curvature or reflectivity · CPC title

• H04N1/00779 Primary

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

• H04N1/00708

  Size or dimensions · CPC title

• G06F3/1204 Primary

  resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data · CPC title

• H04N1/00771

  Indicating or reporting, e.g. issuing an alarm · CPC title