Sheet Profile Registration Across Trays for Image Quality Setup
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing apparatuses require repetitive and time-consuming manual registration of printing conditions and sheet profiles for each sheet, impairing user convenience.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus with a setting unit to set sheet information on multiple trays and a registration unit to copy and associate tentative sheet information for new sheet information, allowing efficient registration of sheet feeding trays.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual registration of printing conditions is performed for each sheet, then printing conditions can be accurately registered, but user convenience deteriorates due to repetitive and time-consuming work
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the copying principle by automatically copying sheet information from a source tray to a destination tray when sheets are detected in both trays. This eliminates the need for manual re-registration of identical sheet information, reducing repetitive user work while maintaining accurate printing condition registration. The system intelligently identifies when copying is appropriate based on tray sheet detection.
2Manufacturing precision
If individual registration work is performed for each sheet profile, then sheet profiles can be accurately registered, but time consumption increases due to repeated measurement and registration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-measuring and storing sheet information when sheets are first loaded into trays. The system performs sheet measurement and information registration in advance, so that when the same sheets are detected in destination trays, the information can be automatically copied without repeated measurement. This reduces time consumption while maintaining accurate sheet profile registration.
3Adaptability or versatility
If sheet information is manually edited and registered for each new sheet type, then printing conditions can be customized, but operational complexity increases due to repeated editing work
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service by enabling the system to automatically perform the registration task through intelligent copying. When sheets are detected in both source and destination trays, the system autonomously copies sheet information without requiring user intervention for editing and registration. This maintains customization capability while significantly reducing operational complexity and the burden of repeated manual work.
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus registers sheet information including a plurality of set values. When one of the set values included in a first type of sheet information is changed, the first type of sheet information is copied as tentative sheet information for new sheet information, and when a chart print instruction for adjusting image quality of an image being formed on a sheet is received, a first screen selectable for all sheet feeding trays of the plurality of sheet feeding trays is displayed. When a set value included in a second type of sheet information is changed and the chart print instruction is received, a second screen selectable for the sheet feeding tray in which the second type of the sheet information is set and not selectable for the sheet feeding tray in which the second type of the sheet information is not set is displayed.