Non-transitory computer readable medium, information processing device and print control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9740971-B1
Application number	US-201615208226-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jul 12, 2016
Priority date	Mar 22, 2016
Publication date	Aug 22, 2017
Grant date	Aug 22, 2017

Abstract

A print control method includes, when a sorting method for sorting printed matters in a printing device is set, displaying an image indicating an output aspect of the printed matters output from the printing device, based on the set sorting method and a previous output aspect of the printing device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for print control, the process comprising:
setting, by a processor and associated memory of the computer, a sorting method for sorting printed matters in a printing device; and
when the sorting method is set, displaying on a display an image indicating an output mode of the printed matters output from the printing device, based on the set sorting method and a previous output mode of the printing device, wherein the sorting method is any one of the following:
(i) a job separation method that alternately changes an output direction of the printed matters to sort the printed matters;
(ii) an offsetting and discharging method that alternately shifts an output position of the printed matters to a left side and a right side on a discharging tray to sort the printed matters; and
(iii) a discharge destination switching method that switches the discharging tray to another discharging tray to sort the printed matters.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the display displays the previous output mode of the printing device together with the image indicating the output mode of the printed matters.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein, when the sorting method is the job separation method and a unit of sorting is a print attribute, the display displays an image in which the printed matters corresponding to respective print attributes are identified as the image indicating the output mode of the printed matters.

4. An information processing device comprising:
a processor and associated memory that set a sorting method for sorting printed matters in a printing device; and
a display that, when the sorting method is set, displays an image indicating an output mode of the printed matters output from the printing device, based on the set sorting method and a previous output mode of the printing device,
wherein the sorting method is any one of the following:
(i) a job separation method that alternately changes an output direction of the printed matters to sort the printed matters;
(ii) an offsetting and discharging method that alternately shifts an output position of the printed matters to a left side and a right side on a discharging tray to sort the printed matters; and
(iii) a discharge destination switching method that switches the discharging tray to another discharging tray to sort the printed matters.

5. A print control method comprising:
setting, by a processor and associated memory, a sorting method for sorting printed matters in a printing device; and
when the sorting method is set, displaying on a display an image indicating an output mode of the printed matters output from the printing device, based on the set sorting method and a previous output mode of the printing device, wherein the sorting method is any one of the following:
(i) a job separation method that alternately changes an output direction of the printed matters to sort the printed matters;
(ii) an offsetting and discharging method that alternately shifts an output position of the printed matters to a left side and a right side on a discharging tray to sort the printed matters; and
(iii) a discharge destination switching method that switches the discharging tray to another discharging tray to sort the printed matters.

Assignees

• Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iwasawa masayuki
• Matsushita Issei
• Ikeda Yutaka

Classifications

• H04N1/00641

  Sorting, reordering or inverting (postal sorting or sorting individual articles B07C) · CPC title

• G06F3/1203

  Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management · CPC title

• G06F3/1286 Primary

  via local network · CPC title

• H04N2201/0094

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

• B65H2408/11

  Sorters or machines for sorting articles · CPC title