Image forming apparatus
US-9224075-B2 · Dec 29, 2015 · US
Printing apparatus capable of assigning a piece of sheet information to a feed tray
US8994971B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8994971-B2 |
| Application number | US-201313903515-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | May 28, 2013 |
| Priority date | Jun 5, 2012 |
| Publication date | Mar 31, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2015 |
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A printing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of sheet feed trays, stores sheet information including property information indicating a property of a sheet and sheet feed tray information indicating a sheet feed tray to which the sheet is allowed to be assigned, and selects a sheet feed tray from the plurality of sheet feed trays based on a designation made by a user. The printing apparatus further displays a sheet allowed to be assigned to the selected sheet feed tray based on the stored sheet information and assigns, to the selected sheet feed tray, a sheet designated by the user from among the displayed sheets.
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What is claimed is: 1. A printing apparatus comprising: a sheet feed tray; a storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of sheet information a setting unit configured to set, based on a designation by a user, whether or not to allow assignment of a particular piece of sheet information to the sheet feed tray; a displaying unit configured to display a selection screen for a user to select, from among the plurality of pieces of sheet information, a piece of sheet i…
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- What does patent US8994971B2 cover?
- A printing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of sheet feed trays, stores sheet information including property information indicating a property of a sheet and sheet feed tray information indicating a sheet feed tray to which the sheet is allowed to be assigned, and selects a sheet feed tray from the plurality of sheet feed trays based on a designatio…
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- Canon Kk
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- Primary CPC classification G03G15/6508. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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- Publication date Tue Mar 31 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).