Patent ID: 8348274
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a job; a determining unit configured to determine whether a tab sheet is used by the job received by the receiving unit; and a stacking unit configured to control to stack a sheet for the job on a first position of a stacking tray in a case where the determining unit determines that the tab sheet is not used by the job and to control to stack a sheet for the job on a second position of the stacking tray in a case where the determining unit determines that the tab sheet is used by the job, wherein the stacking unit does not stack the sheet for a second job which uses the tab sheet on the second position when the sheet for a first job which does not use the tab sheet is stacked on the first position of the stacking tray, and does not stack the sheet for the second job which does not use the tab sheet on the first position when the sheet for the first job which uses the tab sheet is stacked on the second position of the stacking tray.