Image forming apparatus and method for controlling same, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11320775-B2
Application number	US-202117162156-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 29, 2021
Priority date	May 7, 2014
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

In an image forming apparatus to which a finisher is connected, a power source control unit shifts the image forming apparatus to a power saving state. The image forming apparatus is inhibited from being shifted to the power saving state when it is detected that a sheet for which a binding process is to be performed is set in the finisher. The image forming apparatus may be permitted to be shifted to the power saving state when it is not detected that the sheet is set in the finisher.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image forming apparatus capable of conveying sheets to a finisher having a stapling unit, wherein the stapling unit is capable of stapling the sheets conveyed from the image forming apparatus and is capable of stapling one or more sheets inserted from an insertion slot of the finisher to a predetermined position at which the finisher is able to detect the inserted one or more sheets, the image forming apparatus comprising:
a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet;
a display; and
one or more processors configured to:
turn on, based on the detection of the inserted one or more sheets, the display which has been off.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined position is a position at which the stapling unit is capable to stapling the inserted one or more sheets.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the stapling unit further comprises a stapler that is able to staple the sheets conveyed from the image forming apparatus and is able to staple the inserted one or more sheets.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image forming apparatus conveys the sheets to the finisher one by one.

5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the finisher further comprises a sensor configured to detect the inserted one or more sheets, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to turn on, based on the detection of the inserted one or more sheets by the sensor, the display which has been off.

6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to turn off the display based on occurring of a predetermined event.

7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to turn on, based on the detection of the inserted one or more sheets, the display in a predetermined situation.

8. An image forming apparatus capable of conveying sheets to a finisher having a stapling unit, wherein the stapling unit is capable of stapling the sheets conveyed from the image forming apparatus and is capable of stapling one or more sheets inserted from an insertion slot of the finisher to a predetermined position at which the finisher is able to detect the inserted one or more sheets, the image forming apparatus comprising:
a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet;
a display that comprises a backlight; and
one or more processors configured to:
turn on, based on the detection of the inserted one or more sheets, the backlight which has been off.

9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the predetermined position is a position at which the stapling unit is capable to stapling the inserted one or more sheets.

10. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the stapling unit further comprises a stapler that is able to staple the sheets conveyed from the image forming apparatus and is able to staple the inserted one or more sheets.

11. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the image forming apparatus conveys the sheets to the finisher one by one.

12. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the finisher further comprises a sensor configured to detect the inserted one or more sheets, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to turn on, based on the detection of the inserted one or more sheets by the sensor, the backlight which has been off.

13. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to turn off the backlight based on occurring of a predetermined event.

14. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to turn on, based on the detection of the inserted one or more sheets, the backlight in a predetermined situation.

15. A method of controlling an image forming apparatus which is capable of conveying sheets to a finisher having a stapling unit, wherein the stapling unit is capable of stapling the sheets conveyed from the image forming apparatus and is capable of stapling one or more sheets inserted from an insertion slot of the finisher to a predetermined position at which the finisher is able to detect the inserted one or more sheets, the method of the image forming apparatus comprising:
printing an image on a sheet; and
turning on, based on the detection of the inserted one or more sheets, a display which has been off.

16. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising:
turning off the display based on occurring of a predetermined event.

17. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising:
turning on, based on the detection of the inserted one or more sheets, a display which has been off at a predetermined timing.

18. An image forming apparatus capable of conveying sheets to a stapler, wherein the stapler is capable of stapling the sheets conveyed from the image forming apparatus and is capable of stapling one or more sheets inserted from an insertion slot of the stapler to a predetermined position at which a sensor is able to detect the inserted one or more sheets, the image forming apparatus comprising:
a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet;
a display; and
one or more processors configured to:
stop power supply to the stapler based on occurring of a predetermined event, wherein power supply to the stapler is not stopped even if the predetermined event occurs in a situation that one or more sheets have been inserted to the predetermined position; and
display, in a situation that one or more sheets have been inserted to the predetermined position, a message for a user to remove the one or more sheets on the display.

19. The image forming apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the one or more processors display, in a situation that one or more sheets have been inserted to the predetermined position, the message at a predetermined timing.

20. An image forming apparatus capable of conveying sheets to a finisher having a stapling unit, wherein the stapling unit is capable of stapling the sheets conveyed from the image forming apparatus and is capable of stapling one or more sheets inserted from an insertion slot of the finisher to a predetermined position at which the finisher is able to detect the inserted one or more sheets, the image forming apparatus comprising:
a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet;
a display; and
one or more processors configured to:
stop power supply to the finisher based on occurring of a predetermined event, wherein power supply to the finisher is not stopped even if the predetermined event occurs in a situation that one or more sheets have been inserted to the predetermined position; and
display, in a situation that one or more sheets have been inserted to the predetermined position, a message for a user to remove the one or more sheets on the display.

21. The image forming apparatus according to claim 20 , wherein the image forming apparatus conveys the sheets to the finisher one by one.

22. The image forming apparatus according to claim 20 , wherein the predetermined position is a position at which the stapling unit is capable to stapling the inserted one or more sheets.

23. The image forming apparatus according to claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors display, in a situation that one or more sheets have been insert

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Hikichi Atsushi

Classifications

• G03G2215/00392

  Manual input tray · CPC title

• B42B4/00

  Permanently attaching together sheets, quires or signatures by discontinuous stitching with filamentary material, e.g. wire {(by stapling B25C5/00; staples F16B15/00)} · CPC title

• B65H43/00

  Use of control, checking, or safety devices, e.g. automatic devices comprising an element for sensing a variable · CPC title

• H04N1/00896

  using a low-power mode, e.g. standby · CPC title

• G03G15/5004

  Power supply control, e.g. power-saving mode, automatic power turn-off · CPC title