Printer providing a plurality of print types and having a plurality of print functions, and printer system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9549092-B2
Application number	US-201514867029-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2015
Priority date	Sep 29, 2014
Publication date	Jan 17, 2017
Grant date	Jan 17, 2017

Abstract

A printer includes a first determination unit, a first receiving unit, a second determination unit, a second receiving unit, and a controller. The first receiving unit receives a setting of a print type determined to be settable by the first determination unit and inhibits a setting of a print type determined to be unsettable by the first determination unit. The second receiving unit receives a setting of a print function determined to be settable by the second determination unit and inhibits a setting of a print function determined to be unsettable by the second determination unit. The controller controls a printing unit so that the printing unit prints an image on the paper sheet, in accordance with the data input by the input unit, the print type received by the first receiving unit, and the setting of the print function received by the second receiving unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printer providing a plurality of print types and having a plurality of print functions, the printer comprising:
a display unit configured to display data concerning printing;
a printing unit configured to print an image on a paper sheet;
a paper loading unit configured to load the paper sheet on which an image is to be printed by the printing unit;
an input unit configured to input at least one of data on a sheet size or data on a medium type of the paper sheet loaded on the paper loading unit;
a first determination unit configured to determine whether one of the plurality of print types is settable or not to the paper sheet loaded on the paper loading unit, based on the data input by the input unit;
a first receiving unit configured to receive a setting of at least one of the print types determined to be settable by the first determination unit and inhibit a setting of at least one of the print types determined to be unsettable by the first determination unit;
a second determination unit configured to determine whether one of the plurality of print functions is settable or not to the paper sheet loaded on the paper loading unit, based on the data input by the input unit;
a second receiving unit configured to receive a setting of at least one of the print functions determined to be settable by the second determination unit and inhibit a setting of at least one of the print functions determined to be unsettable by the second determination unit; and
a controller configured to perform printing of an image by the printing unit on the paper sheet loaded on the paper loading unit, in accordance with the data input by the input unit, the print type received by the first receiving unit, and the setting of the print function received by the second receiving unit, wherein
the controller controls the display unit so that the display unit displays a preview of an image to be printed by the printing unit, a selection key used for entering zoom-in/out as a print function when being depressed, and a selection key showing feed levels included in the printer as well as whether printing can be performed or not with a selected print function for each feed level when being depressed, and
the controller controls the display unit so that the display unit displays feed levels for which print functions are determined to be settable and unsettable based on the input sheet size and medium type, when the controller detects the depression of the selection key used for entering zoom-in/out as a print function and the depression of the selection key showing feed levels included in the printer as well as whether printing can be performed or not with a selected print function for each feed level.

2. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein
the second determination unit determines whether one of the plurality of print functions is settable to the paper sheet loaded on the paper loading unit, based on the data input by the input unit and the print type received by the first receiving unit.

3. The printer according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a processing device having a plurality of processing functions to be performed on the paper sheet loaded on the paper loading unit;
a third determination unit configured to determine whether one of the plurality of processing functions is settable or not to the paper sheet loaded on the paper loading unit, based on the data input by the input unit; and
a third receiving unit configured to receive a setting of at least one of the processing functions determined to be settable by the third determination unit and a setting of at least one of the processing functions determined to be unsettable by the third determination unit, wherein
the controller controls the printing unit so that the printing unit prints an image on the paper sheet loaded on the paper loading unit in accordance with a setting of the processing function received by the third receiving unit.

4. The printer according to claim 3 , wherein
the third determination unit determines whether one of the plurality of processing functions is settable or not to the paper sheet loaded on the paper unit, based on the data input by the input unit, the print type received by the first receiving unit, and the setting of the print function received by the second receiving unit.

5. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein
the first receiving unit receives a setting of one of the print types.

6. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of print types include at least one of copy printing, printer printing, and facsimile printing.

7. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein
settings of the plurality of print functions include at least one of a selection between monochrome printing and color printing and a selection between duplex printing and simplex printing.

8. The printer according to claim 3 , wherein
the plurality of processing functions include at least one of a punching function and a stapling function.

9. The printer according to claim 3 , wherein
the paper loading unit comprises a plurality of paper loading units, and
the first through third receiving units are configured to perform settings for each of the paper loading units.

10. A printer system comprising:
a printer providing a plurality of print types and having a plurality of print functions; and
a computer connected to the printer and configured to request printing to the printer, wherein
the printer includes
a display unit configured to display data concerning printing;
a printing unit configured to print an image on a paper sheet, and
a paper loading unit configured to load the paper sheet on which an image is to be printed by the printing unit,

at least one of the printer and the computer includes
an input unit configured to input at least one of data on a sheet size or data on a medium type of the paper sheet loaded on the paper loading unit,
a first determination unit configured to determine whether one of the plurality of print types is settable or not to the paper sheet loaded on the paper loading unit, based on the data input by the input unit,
a first receiving unit configured to receive a setting of at least one of the print types determined to be settable by the first determination unit and inhibit a setting of at least one of the print types determined to be unsettable by the first determination unit,
a second determination unit configured to determine whether one of the plurality of print functions is settable or not to the paper sheet loaded on the paper loading unit, based on the data input by the input unit,
a second receiving unit configured to receive a setting of at least one of the print functions determined to be settable by the second determination unit and inhibit a setting of at least one of the print functions determined to be unsettable by the second determination unit, and
a controller configured to perform printing of an image by the printing unit on the paper sheet loaded on the paper loading unit, in accordance with the data input by the input unit, the print type received by the first receiving unit, and the setting of the print function received by the second receiving unit, wherein
the controller controls the display unit so that the display unit displays a preview of an image to be printed by the printing unit, a selection key used for entering zoom-in/out as a print function when being depressed, and a selection key showing feed levels included in the printer as well as whether printing can be performed or not with a selected print function for each feed level when being depressed, and
the controller controls the display unit so that the display unit displays feed leve

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Kitahara Keiya

Classifications

• H04N1/00477

  Indicating status, e.g. of a job (for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N2201/3219) · CPC title

• H04N1/0066

  Aligning or positioning related to handling · CPC title

• H04N1/00604

  Transport trays · CPC title

• H04N2201/0094

  Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception · CPC title

• H04N1/00925 Primary

  Inhibiting an operation · CPC title