IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM

• US 20100182642A1
• Filed: 01/07/2010
• Published: 07/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Masuyama, Yuka
• Granted Patent: US 8,446,623 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.150
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2206/1514 Sub-job
• 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 3/1253 Configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration

Abstract

Finishing settings to be applied to a new subset are selected from finishing settings applied to existing subsets in a file, and when the new subset is set to be inserted into the file, the selected finishing settings are applied to the new subset and the new subset is inserted. When an existing subset in the file is to be replaced with the new subset, the selected finishing settings are applied to the new subset, and the existing subset in the file is replaced with the new subset.

Claims

1. An image forming apparatus capable of applying finishing settings to each of subsets, in a file, that contain multiple pages, the apparatus comprising:

a setting unit configured to set a subset already existing in the file to be replaced with a new subset;

a selection unit configured to select, from the subsets already existing in the file, a subset having finishing settings that are to be applied to the new subset; and

a replacement unit configured to apply the finishing settings of the subset selected by the selection unit to the new subset and replaces the subset already existing in the file with the new subset.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an obtainment unit configured to obtain print settings applied to the file as a whole;

a changing unit configured to change the settings that are not finishing settings among the print settings applied to the new subset;

a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the settings changed by the changing unit conflict with the print settings obtained by the obtainment unit; and

a display unit configured to display a warning window in the case where the result by the determination unit indicates that the settings changed by the changing unit conflict with the print settings obtained by the obtainment unit.

3. An image forming method executed by an image forming apparatus capable of applying finishing settings to each of subsets, in a file, that contain multiple pages, the method comprising the steps of:

setting a subset already existing in the file to be replaced with a new subset;

selecting, from the subsets already existing in the file, a subset having finishing settings that are to be applied to the new subset; and

applying the finishing settings of the subset selected by the step of selecting to the new subset and replacing the subset already existing in the file with the new subset.

4. The image forming method according to claim 3, further comprising the steps of:

obtaining print settings applied to the file as a whole;

changing the settings that are not finishing settings among the print settings applied to the new subset;

determining whether or not the settings changed in the changing step conflict with the print settings obtained in the obtaining step; and

displaying a warning window in the case where the result of the determination in the determining step indicates that the settings changed in the changing step conflict with the print settings obtained in the obtaining step.

5. A computer-readable storage medium holding a program for applying finishing settings to each of subsets, in a file, that contain multiple pages, the program causing a computer to:

set a subset already existing in the file to be replaced with a new subset;

select, from the subsets already existing in the file, a subset having finishing settings that are to be applied to the new subset; and

apply the finishing settings of the selected subset to the new subset and replace the subset already existing in the file with the new subset.

6. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 5, holding a program that further causes the computer to:

obtain print settings applied to the file as a whole;

change the settings that are not finishing settings among the print settings applied to the new subset;

determine whether or not the changed settings conflict with the obtained print settings; and

display a warning window in the case where it has been determined that the changed settings conflict with the obtained print settings.