Printing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9132980-B2
Application number	US-201313975080-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2013
Priority date	Sep 4, 2012
Publication date	Sep 15, 2015
Grant date	Sep 15, 2015

Abstract

There is provided a technique of allowing the user to readily identify a printed material with a stable tint when a plurality of printed materials are output in a printing apparatus. To achieve this, a printing apparatus according to one aspect of the invention executes an adjustment job for printing an image on a plurality of sheets for adjusting the tint of the printed image, and controls to discharge, to a first discharge unit, a predetermined number of sheets among the plurality of sheets on which the image is printed by executing the adjustment job, and to discharge, to a second discharge unit different from the first discharge unit, a remaining sheet subsequent to the predetermined number of sheets.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing apparatus comprising:
an execution unit configured to execute an adjustment job for printing an image on a plurality of sheets for adjusting a tint of the printed image;
a control unit configured to control to continuously discharge, to a first discharge unit, sheets except for a last sheet among the plurality of sheets on which the image is printed by executing the adjustment job by the execution unit, and to discharge the last sheet to a second discharge unit different from the first discharge unit; and
a determination unit configured to determine whether the printing apparatus includes the first discharge unit,
wherein if the determination unit determines that the printing apparatus does not include the first discharge unit, the control unit discharges the plurality of sheets to the second discharge unit, and notifies a user that a top one of the sheets discharged to the second discharge unit is the last sheet.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein if the determination unit determines that the printing apparatus includes the first discharge unit, the control unit notifies the user that the last sheet has been discharged to the second discharge unit after the last sheet and the sheets except for the last sheet were discharged to the second discharge unit and the first discharge unit, respectively.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first discharge unit is arranged inside the printing apparatus, and the second discharge unit is arranged at a position visually perceivable from an outside of the printing apparatus.

4. A printing apparatus, comprising:
an execution unit configured to execute an adjustment job for printing an image on a plurality of sheets for adjusting a tint of the printed image; and
a control unit configured to control to continuously discharge, to a first discharge unit, sheets except for a last sheet among the plurality of sheets on which the image is printed by executing the adjustment job by the execution unit, and to discharge the last sheet to a second discharge unit different from the first discharge unit,
wherein the first discharge unit includes at least one of a discharge unit arranged at a position visually perceivable from an outside of the printing apparatus and a discharge unit arranged inside the printing apparatus, and the second discharge unit is arranged at a position visually perceivable from the outside of the printing apparatus, and
wherein if the printing apparatus includes the first discharge unit, and the first discharge unit includes the discharge unit arranged inside the printing apparatus, the control unit preferentially discharges the sheets except for the last sheet to the discharge unit, arranged inside the printing apparatus, of the first discharge unit, and discharges the last sheet to the second discharge unit.

5. A printing apparatus, comprising:
an execution unit configured to execute an adjustment job for printing an image on a plurality of sheets for adjusting a tint of the printed image; and
a control unit configured to control to continuously discharge, to a first discharge unit, sheets except for a last sheet among the plurality of sheets on which the image is printed by executing the adjustment job by the execution unit, and to discharge the last sheet to a second discharge unit different from the first discharge unit,
wherein the first discharge unit includes at least one of a discharge unit arranged at a position visually perceivable from an outside of the printing apparatus and a discharge unit arranged inside the printing apparatus, and the second discharge unit is arranged at a position visually perceivable from the outside of the printing apparatus, and
wherein if the printing apparatus includes the first discharge unit, and the first discharge unit includes the discharge unit arranged at the position visually perceivable from the outside of the printing apparatus, the control unit preferentially discharges the sheets except for the last sheet to the discharge unit, arranged at the position visually perceivable from the outside of the printing apparatus, of the first discharge unit, and discharges the last sheet to the second discharge unit.

6. A printing apparatus comprising:
an execution unit configured to execute an adjustment job for printing an image on a plurality of sheets for adjusting a tint of the printed image; and
a control unit configured to control to continuously discharge, to a first discharge unit, sheets except for a last sheet among the plurality of sheets on which the image is printed by executing the adjustment job by the execution unit, and to discharge the last sheet to a second discharge unit different from the first discharge unit,
wherein the first discharge unit includes at least one of a discharge unit arranged at a position visually perceivable from an outside of the printing apparatus and a discharge unit arranged inside the printing apparatus, and the second discharge unit is arranged at a position visually perceivable from the outside of the printing apparatus, and
wherein the printing apparatus further comprising a designation unit configured to prompt the user to designate which of the discharge unit arranged at the position visually perceivable from the outside of the printing apparatus and the discharge unit arranged inside the printing apparatus should be preferentially used as a discharge destination of the last sheet, and
wherein if the printing apparatus includes the first discharge unit, and the first discharge unit includes the discharge unit arranged at the position visually perceivable from the outside of the printing apparatus and the discharge unit arranged inside the printing apparatus, the control unit preferentially discharges the sheets except for the last sheet to the discharge unit, designated by the user through the designation unit, of the first discharge unit, and discharges the last sheet to the second discharge unit.

7. A method for controlling a printing apparatus, comprising steps of:
executing an adjustment job for printing an image on a plurality of sheets for adjusting a tint of the printed image;
controlling to continuously discharge, to a first discharge unit, sheets except for a last sheet among the plurality of sheets on which the image is printed by executing the adjustment job in the execution step, and to discharge the last sheet to a second discharge unit different from the first discharge unit; and
determining whether the printing apparatus includes the first discharge unit,
wherein if it is determined in the determining step that the printing apparatus does not include the first discharge unit, the plurality of sheets is discharged to the second discharge unit, and a user is notified that a top one of the sheets discharged to the second discharge unit is the last sheet.

8. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute steps of a method for controlling a printing apparatus, the method comprising steps of:
executing an adjustment job for printing an image on a plurality of sheets for adjusting a tint of the printed image;
controlling to continuously discharge, to a first discharge unit, sheets except for a last sheet among the plurality of sheets on which the image is printed by executing the adjustment job in the execution step, and to discharge the last sheet to a second discharge unit different from the first discharge unit; and
determining whether the printing apparatus includes the first discharge unit,
wherein if it is determined in the determining step that the printing apparatus does not include the first discharge unit, the plurality of sheets is discharged to the second discharge unit, and a

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Harada Takuto

Classifications

• B65H31/24

  multiple or compartmented, e.d. for alternate, programmed, or selective filling · CPC title

• B65H2557/63

  Optimisation, self-adjustment, self-learning processes or procedures, e.g. during start-up · CPC title

• B65H43/04

  detecting, or responding to, presence of faulty articles (B65H43/08 takes precedence; diverting faulty articles from main streams B65H29/62) · CPC title

• B65H2301/52

  for starting · CPC title

• G03G2215/00902

  Sorting marks of jobs, e.g. on the sheet edges · CPC title