Patent ID: 9216874
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A control apparatus comprising: a discharge unit configured to discharge, into a stacking unit, sheets of a plurality of copies by executing a first job that is set to print a plurality of copies, and configured to discharge, into the stacking unit, sheets of a plurality of copies by executing a second job that is set to print a plurality of copies and follows the first job; a first determination unit configured to determine whether or not a setting for changing a discharge position between copies in a job is active; a second determination unit configured to determine whether a setting for changing a discharge position between jobs is active; and a control unit configured to carry out, in the case where the first determination unit determines that the setting for changing the discharge position between copies is active and the second determination unit determines that the setting for changing the discharge position between jobs is active, control so that a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the first job changes selectively to a first discharge position in the stacking unit and to a second discharge position in the stacking unit between copies of the first job, and to carry out control so that a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the second job changes selectively to a third discharge position in the stacking unit and to a fourth discharge position in the stacking unit between copies of the second job, wherein the control unit carries out, in the case where the first determination unit determines that the setting for changing the discharge position between copies is not active and the second determination unit determines that the setting for changing the discharge position between jobs is active, control so that a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the first job is the first position in the stacking unit and a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the second job is the fourth position in the stacking unit, and wherein the first discharge position is different from the third discharge position and the fourth discharge position.