Patent ID: 8955843
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: B41J,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to cause one discharge tray of a plurality of discharge trays to receive at least one sheet on which an image is printed by a printing unit; and a first determining unit configured to determine whether sheets are discharged in a state of face-down discharge so that a first-page image faces downward, wherein, in a case where multiple discharge trays of the plurality of discharge trays are to be used for discharging sheets for a print job and the first determining unit determines that the sheets are discharged in a state of face-down discharge so that a first-page image faces downward, the control unit causes a first discharge tray to receive a former discharged sheet of the sheets and causes an upper-level discharge tray, relative to the first discharge tray, to receive a latter discharged sheet of the sheets for acquiring a group of the sheets where pages are arranged in an order among the multiple discharge trays; and at least one processor configured to perform functionality of the control unit.