Patent ID: 9555651
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B41J,B65H

Claim:
1. A method of controlling discharge of printed sheets, which is applied in performing printing, based on a print job including print processing on sheets of a desired sheet count set by a user, on a plurality of sheets, by a printing apparatus, conveying the plurality of sheets on which the printing has been performed from the printing apparatus to a sheet discharge unit, and storing the printed sheets in the sheet discharge unit, the method comprising: determining whether or not printed sheets are stored in the sheet discharge unit; detecting the number of printed sheets stored in the sheet discharge unit; and discharging the stored printed sheets from the sheet discharge unit as a sheet bundle when the number of printed sheets stored in the sheet discharge unit is equal to the desired sheet count, wherein said discharging includes discharging the printed sheets stored in the sheet discharge unit from the sheet discharge unit, when it is determined, in a case where the set desired sheet count has been changed, that the printed sheets are stored in the sheet discharge unit.