Printing control apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9616693-B2
Application number	US-201514629241-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2015
Priority date	Nov 30, 2011
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

A printing control apparatus according to one aspect of this invention controls to print images on sheets based on image data of a plurality of pages, generate a bookbinding product by executing folding processing for the image-printed sheets, and output the bookbinding product. The printing control apparatus further accepts the position of an insertion sheet to be inserted into the sheets for which the folding processing is executed, and controls to output a plurality of bookbinding products by using, as a reference, the accepted position of the insertion sheet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image processing apparatus which is capable of generating a book product by folding at least one sheet, comprising:
a printing unit configured to print plural pages of images onto a plurality of sheets;
a dividing unit configured to divide the plurality of sheets into at least two groups, wherein the plurality of sheets divided into the at least two group are to be folded individually for each group;
a determining unit configured to determine a number of sheets to be included in each group of the at least two groups based on a position on which an additional sheet is to be inserted; and
a control unit configured to control the dividing unit to divide the plurality of sheets based on the number determined by the determining unit.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the additional sheet is half of a size of the sheet on which images are printed.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the additional sheet is same as a size of the sheet on which images are printed.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sheets are not divided by the dividing unit, in a case where the additional sheet is to be inserted prior to 1st page or after last page among the plural pages.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein more than one pages of images are printed on one sheet.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a setting unit configured to set the position on which the additional sheet is to be inserted.

7. A control method for controlling an image processing apparatus which is capable of generating a book product by folding at least one sheet, the method comprising steps of:
printing plural pages of images onto a plurality of sheets;
dividing the plurality of sheets into at least two groups, wherein the plurality of sheets divided into the at least two group are to be folded individually for each group;
determining a number of sheets to be included in each group of the at least two groups based on a position on which an additional sheet is to be inserted; and
controlling such that the plurality of sheets are divided based on the determined number.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute steps of a control method for controlling an image processing apparatus which is capable of generating a book product by folding at least one sheet, the method comprising steps of:
printing plural pages of images onto a plurality of sheets;
dividing the plurality of sheets into at least two groups, wherein the plurality of sheets divided into the at least two group are to be folded individually for each group;
determining a number of sheets to be included in each group of the at least two groups based on a position on which an additional sheet is to be inserted; and
controlling such that the plurality of sheets are divided based on the determined number.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Ogasawara Taku

Classifications

• B41L43/02

  Folding · CPC title

• B42C1/10 Primary

  Machines for both collating or gathering and interposing inserts · CPC title

• B65H2301/4317

  Signatures, i.e. involving folded main product or jacket · CPC title

• B41J29/38

  Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism · CPC title

• G03G2215/00877

  Folding device · CPC title