Control apparatus, control method, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9216874-B2
Application number	US-201414287508-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2014
Priority date	Jun 3, 2013
Publication date	Dec 22, 2015
Grant date	Dec 22, 2015

Abstract

A control apparatus discharges, into a stacking unit, sheets of a plurality of copies obtained by executing a first job that is set to print a plurality of copies, and discharges sheets of a plurality of copies obtained by executing a second job that is set to print a plurality of copies and follows the first job. The control apparatus carries out control so that a sheet discharge position for copies discharged by executing the first job changes from a first discharge position in the stacking unit to a second discharge position in the stacking unit between copies, and carries out control so that a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the second job changes from a third discharge position in the stacking unit to a fourth discharge position in the stacking unit between copies.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control apparatus comprising:
a discharge unit configured to discharge, into a stacking unit, sheets of a plurality of copies by executing a first job that is set to print a plurality of copies, and configured to discharge, into the stacking unit, sheets of a plurality of copies by executing a second job that is set to print a plurality of copies and follows the first job;
a first determination unit configured to determine whether or not a setting for changing a discharge position between copies in a job is active;
a second determination unit configured to determine whether a setting for changing a discharge position between jobs is active; and
a control unit configured to carry out, in the case where the first determination unit determines that the setting for changing the discharge position between copies is active and the second determination unit determines that the setting for changing the discharge position between jobs is active, control so that a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the first job changes selectively to a first discharge position in the stacking unit and to a second discharge position in the stacking unit between copies of the first job, and to carry out control so that a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the second job changes selectively to a third discharge position in the stacking unit and to a fourth discharge position in the stacking unit between copies of the second job,
wherein the control unit carries out, in the case where the first determination unit determines that the setting for changing the discharge position between copies is not active and the second determination unit determines that the setting for changing the discharge position between jobs is active, control so that a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the first job is the first position in the stacking unit and a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the second job is the fourth position in the stacking unit, and
wherein the first discharge position is different from the third discharge position and the fourth discharge position.

2. The control apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second discharge position is different from the third discharge position and the fourth discharge position.

3. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a printing unit configured to print images onto the sheets of the plurality of copies.

4. The control apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the stacking unit is a stacking tray.

5. A control apparatus comprising:
a discharge unit configured to discharge, into a stacking unit, sheets of a plurality of copies by executing a job;
a first determination unit configured to determine whether or not a setting for changing a discharge position between copies in a job is active;
a second determination unit configured to determine whether or not a setting for changing a discharge position between jobs is active; and
a control unit configured to carry out, in the case where the first determination unit determines that the setting for changing the discharge position between copies is active and the second determination unit determines the setting for changing the discharge position between jobs is active, control so that a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the job changes selectively to a first discharge position in the stacking unit and to a second discharge position in the stacking unit between copies of the job, and to carry out control so that a sheet discharge position for sheets discharged by executing a different job than the job changes to a third discharge position in the stacking unit that is different from the first discharge position and the second discharge position.

6. A control method comprising the steps of:
discharging, into a stacking unit, sheets of a plurality of copies obtained by executing a first job that is set to print a plurality of copies, and discharging, into the stacking unit, sheets of a plurality of copies by executing a second job that is set to print a plurality of copies and follows the first job;
determining whether or not a setting for changing a discharge position between copies in a job is active;
determining whether or not a setting for changing a discharge position between jobs is active;
carrying out, in the case where it is determined that the setting for changing the discharge position between copies is active and it is determined that the setting for changing the discharge position between jobs is active, control so that a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the first job changes selectively to a first discharge position in the stacking unit and to a second discharge position in the stacking unit between copies of the first job, and carrying out control so that a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the second job changes selectively to a third discharge position in the stacking unit and to a fourth discharge position in the stacking unit between copies of the second job; and
carrying out, in the case where it is determined that the setting for changing the discharge position between copies is not active and it is determined that the setting for changing the discharge position between jobs is active, control so that a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the first job is the first position in the stacking unit and a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the second job is the fourth position in the stacking unit, and
wherein the first discharge position is different from the third discharge position and the fourth discharge position.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that causes a computer to execute a control method, the control method comprising:
discharging, into a stacking unit, sheets of a plurality of copies by executing a first job that is set to print a plurality of copies, and to discharge, into the stacking unit, sheets of a plurality of copies by executing a second job that is set to print a plurality of copies and follows the first job;
determining whether or not a setting for changing a discharge position between copies in a job is active;
determining whether or not a setting for changing a discharge position between jobs is active;
carrying out, in the case where it is determined that the setting for changing the discharge position between copies is active and it is determined that the setting for changing the discharge position between jobs is active, control so that a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the first job changes selectively to a first discharge position in the stacking unit and to a second discharge position in the stacking unit between copies of the first job, and to carry out control so that a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the second job changes selectively to a third discharge position in the stacking unit and to a fourth discharge position in the stacking unit between copies of the second job; and
carrying out, in the case where it is determined that the setting for changing the discharge position between copies is not active and it is determined that the setting for changing the discharge position between jobs is active, control so that a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the first job is the first position in the stacking unit and a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copie

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Wakai Kazuo

Classifications

• G03G15/6547

  Shifting sets of sheets in the discharge tray · CPC title

• B65H2511/417

  of state of the machine · CPC title

• B65H33/08 Primary

  Displacing whole batches, e.g. forming stepped piles · CPC title

• B65H2301/4219

  forming a pile in which articles are offset from each other, e.g. forming stepped pile · CPC title

• B65H2511/20

  Location in space · CPC title