Image forming system and control method thereof

• US 8,849,177 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2010
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Oba, Yoshitaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Marini, Matthew G
• Assistant Examiner(s): OLAMIT, JUSTIN N
• Application Number:
  US12/971,602
• Publication Number:
  US 20110150551A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,383 Days
• Field of Search: 399/382, 358/1.13, 338/2
• US Class Current: 399/382
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/502 relating to the structure of the control menu, e.g. pop-up menus, help screens
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/5087 for receiving image data
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/655 Placing job divider sheet between set of sheets
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2215/00109 Remote control of apparatus, e.g. by a host
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2215/00523 Other special types, e.g. tabbed
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1205 resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1208 resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours, workflows, print preview
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1229 Printer resources management or printer maintenance, e.g. device status, power levels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1253 Configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/021 Adaptations for printing on specific media
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00413 using menus, i.e. presenting the user with a plurality of selectable options H04N1/00464 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00424 using a list of graphical elements, e.g. icons or icon bar
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00435 arranged in a predetermined sequence, e.g. using next and previous buttons
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00456 for layout preview, e.g. page layout
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00466 displaying finishing information, e.g. position of punch holes or staple or orientation references
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00474 outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00482 outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00639 Binding, stapling, folding or perforating, e.g. punching
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 : Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

An image forming system includes a receiving unit configured to receive a job, an acquisition unit configured to acquire print setting information from the received job, a detection unit configured to detect, when there is a tab sheet print command included in the acquired print setting information, an image orientation and a binding position, a determination unit configured to determine an alignment order of tab sheets based on a relationship between the detected image orientation and binding position, a sheet feeding unit configured to feed a sheet from a tab sheet bundle of the alignment order determined by the determination unit, and a printing unit configured to perform printing on the fed sheet.

Claims

1. An image forming system comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive an image;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire print setting information;

a detection unit configured to detect, if there is a tab sheet print command included in the acquired print setting information, an image orientation and a binding position of the image based on the received image and the acquired printer setting information;

a determination unit configured to determine whether an alignment order of tab sheets is an ascending order type or a descending order type based on the detected image orientation and binding position;

a sheet feeding unit configured to feed a tab sheet from a first sheet feeding unit in which tab sheets aligned in the ascending order have been set, if the alignment order determined by the determination unit is the ascending order type, and to feed a tab sheet from a second sheet feeding unit in which tab sheets aligned in the descending order have been set, if the alignment order determined by the determination unit is the descending order type; and

a printing unit configured to perform printing on the fed tab sheet,

wherein the image orientation is a portrait orientation or a landscape orientation.

2. The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein the image orientation is an orientation indicating a top or bottom of print data.

3. The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein the binding position is a position of a binding margin of print data.

4. A method for controlling an image forming system, the method comprising:

receiving an image;

acquiring print setting information;

detecting, if there is a tab sheet print command included in the acquired print setting information, an image orientation and a binding position of the image based on the received image and the acquired print setting information;

determining whether an alignment order of tab sheets is an ascending order type or a descending order type based on the detected image orientation and binding position;

feeding a tab sheet from a first sheet feeding unit in which tab sheets aligned in the ascending order have been set, if the determined alignment order is the ascending order type, and feeding a tab sheet from a second sheet feeding unit in which tab sheets aligned in the descending order have been set, if the alignment order determined is the descending order type; and

performing printing on the fed tab sheet,

wherein the image orientation is a portrait orientation or a landscape orientation.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the image orientation is an orientation indicating a top or bottom of print data.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to executed the method according to claim 5.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein the binding position is a position of a binding margin of print data.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to executed the method according to claim 7.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 4.