Printing apparatus, print control method and printing system therefor and storage medium
US6781708B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 14, 2000 |
| Grant date | Aug 24, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/1253
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A printing apparatus having a plurality of discharge portions (bins) to which a printed sheet is discharged. Control information on the plurality of bins is stored as discharge portion control information, and a printed sheet printed by a printing unit in accordance with a print job inputted from a host computer, is discharged to a bin specified based on a discharge destination identifier included in the print job. At this time, if any bin corresponding to the designated discharge destination identifier does not exist, the discharge portion control information is referred to, then an unused bin is specified among the plurality of bins, and the printed sheet is discharged to the specified bin. Further, an identifier of the specified bin is notified to the host computer, so that a user of the host computer can acquire information of the bin to which the printed sheets as the result of printing is to be discharged, in advance.
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