Sheet management system and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11360718-B2
Application number	US-202017111230-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2020
Priority date	Jun 29, 2018
Publication date	Jun 14, 2022
Grant date	Jun 14, 2022

Abstract

A sheet management system, in which a print control apparatus and an image forming apparatus are configured to communicate with each other, includes a selection unit, an adjustment unit, a confirmation unit, and a setting unit. The selection unit selects a sheet feeding deck. The adjustment unit adjusts sheet information including setting values for performing print processing on a sheet to be used for printing. The confirmation unit confirms. In a case where there is not a match between selected sheet information set for the sheet feeding deck and the sheet information to be adjusted, the confirmation unit confirms whether the sheet information to be adjusted by the adjustment unit is to be set for the selected sheet feeding deck. The setting unit sets the sheet information adjusted by the adjustment unit for the image forming apparatus in accordance with a result of confirmation by the confirmation unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a user interface configured to select a sheet holder from among a plurality of sheet holders of a printing apparatus, wherein the user interface further selects, from among a plurality of sheet types, a sheet type to be registered in the selected sheet holder, and wherein the user interface receives an adjusting instruction for adjusting a setting value regarding a printing process of an image on the sheet of the selected sheet type in a state that the selected sheet type is not registered for the selected sheet holder; and
a controller configured to register the selected sheet type for the selected sheet holder after the user interface receives the adjusting instruction,
wherein the user interface further receives the setting value regarding the printing process of the image on the sheet of the selected sheet type after the user interface receives the adjusting instruction.

2. The system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the user interface further receives a test print instruction for printing an image on a sheet held in the selected sheet holder, and
wherein the printing apparatus performs test printing based on the test print instruction received by the user interface.

3. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a display configured to display the plurality of sheet holders,
wherein the user interface selects the sheet holder from among the plurality of sheet holders displayed by the display.

4. The system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the display displays the plurality of sheet types in a state that the sheet holder is selected by the user interface, and
wherein the user interface selects the sheet type to be registered in the selected sheet holder from among the plurality of sheet types displayed by the display.

5. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a display configured to display the plurality of sheet types in a state that the sheet holder is selected by the user interface,
wherein the user interface selects the sheet type to be registered in the selected sheet holder from among the plurality of sheet types displayed by the display.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller instructs the printing apparatus to register, for the sheet holder selected by the user interface, the sheet type for which setting value is set by the user interface.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the system is able to communicate with the printing apparatus.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the setting value is a setting value of glossiness.

9. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the setting value is a setting value of black quality.

10. The system according to claim 1 , wherein, after the selected sheet type is registered for the selected sheet holder, the user interface further receives the setting value regarding the printing process of the image on the sheet of the selected sheet type.

11. A method for controlling a system, the method comprising:
selecting a sheet holder from among a plurality of sheet holders of a printing apparatus;
selecting, from among a plurality of sheet types, a sheet type to be registered in the selected sheet holder;
receiving an adjusting instruction for adjusting a setting value regarding a printing process of an image on the sheet of the selected sheet type in a state that the selected sheet type is not registered for the selected sheet holder;
registering the selected sheet type for the selected sheet holder after the adjusting instruction are received; and
receiving the setting value regarding the printing process of the image on the sheet of the selected sheet type after the adjusting instruction are received.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the setting value regarding the printing process of the image on the sheet of the selected sheet type is received after the selected sheet type is registered for the selected sheet holder.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to cause a computer to perform a method for controlling a system, the method comprising:
selecting a sheet holder from among a plurality of sheet holders of a printing apparatus;
selecting, from among a plurality of sheet types in types, a sheet type to be registered in the selected sheet holder;
receiving an adjusting instruction for adjusting a setting value regarding a printing process of an image on the sheet of the selected sheet type in a state that the selected sheet type is not registered for the selected sheet holder;
registering the selected sheet type for the selected sheet holder after the adjusting instruction are received; and
receiving the setting value regarding the printing process of the image on the sheet of the selected sheet type after the adjusting instruction are received.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the setting value regarding the printing process of the image on the sheet of the selected sheet type is received after the selected sheet type is registered for the selected sheet holder.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Kimura Yusuke
• Kawamura Nobuhiro
• Ito Aya
• Ooba Hideaki

Classifications

• G06F3/1286

  via local network · CPC title

• G06F3/1205 Primary

  resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets · CPC title

• G06F3/1255

  Settings incompatibility, e.g. constraints, user requirements vs. device capabilities · CPC title

• G06F3/125

  Page layout or assigning input pages onto output media, e.g. imposition · CPC title

• G06F3/121

  Facilitating exception or error detection and recovery, e.g. fault, media or consumables depleted · CPC title