Sheet stacking apparatus, method for controlling sheet stacking apparatus, and storage medium

a technology of stacking apparatus and stacking sheets, which is applied in the direction of stacking articles, instruments, electrographic processes, etc., can solve the problems of administrator requesting the removal of obstacles, and the stacking unit colliding with obstacles

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a technology of stacking apparatus and stacking sheets, which is applied in the direction of stacking articles, instruments, electrographic processes, etc., can solve the problems of administrator requesting the removal of obstacles, and the stacking unit colliding with obstacles

US20150151945A1Inactive Publication Date: 2015-06-04CANON KK

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[0031]Various exemplary embodiments, features, and aspects of the invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

[0032]FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a printing system according to a first exemplary embodiment. The printing system according to the present exemplary embodiment includes a personal computer (PC) 111 and an MFP 100 which is an example of a sheet stacking apparatus.

[0033]The MFP 100 according to the present exemplary embodiment includes a control unit 110, a reader unit 200, and a printer unit 300. While the present exemplary embodiment is described by using an MFP as an example, a single functional peripheral (SFP) may also be used as long as the SFP includes a printing function of the printer unit 300. The reader unit 200, the control unit 110, and the printer unit 300 are electrically connected to transmit and receive control commands and data to / from each other. A sheet discharge unit 330 is configured to be detachably attachable to the ...

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A sheet stacking apparatus includes a lowering control unit, determination unit, setting unit, and notification unit. The lowering control unit can lower a sheet stacking unit according to a sheets stacked amount. The determination unit can determine that the sheet stacking unit cannot be lowered. The setting unit sets whether to prompt a user to remove an object placed under the sheet stacking unit if the determination unit determines that the sheet stacking unit cannot be lowered while sheets are being stacked thereon. If it is set to prompt the user to remove the object placed under the sheet stacking unit, the notification unit makes a notification for prompting the user to remove the object placed under the sheet stacking unit, and if it is not set to prompt the user to remove the object placed under the sheet stacking unit, the notification unit does not make the notification.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a sheet stacking apparatus that can stack sheets on a sheet stacking unit, a method for controlling the sheet stacking apparatus, and a storage medium.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]There is a conventional sheet stacking apparatus that discharges sheets to an elevatable sheet stacking unit.[0005]Such a sheet stacking apparatus prints an image on a sheet and discharges the image-printed sheet from a sheet discharge port to the sheet stacking unit. Each time a sheet is discharged to the sheet stacking unit, the sheet stacking unit is lowered so that the topmost surface of sheets stacked on a tray is positioned near the sheet discharge port. This enables stable stacking of sheets discharged from the sheet discharge port.[0006]If an obstacle obstructing the lowering of the sheet stacking unit is placed under the sheet stacking unit, the sheet stacking unit collides with the obs...

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04 Jun 2015

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US20150151945A1

IPC: B65H43/06; B65H31/00; B65H29/50

CPC: B65H43/06; B65H31/00; B65H29/50; B65H31/10; B65H31/18; B65H2511/20; B65H2511/22; B65H2511/51

Inventors: KURODA, TAKASHI