Patent ID: 6781708
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An apparatus having a plurality of discharge portions for discharging a printed medium to one of the plurality of discharge portions, said apparatus comprising:a receiving unit configured to receive information including at least one of first information and second information from an external device, wherein the first information specifies a discharge destination, and wherein the second information specifies the external device, which sent the information; an assigning unit configured to assign the discharge destination specified by the first information to a discharge portion, to which a non-discharge destination is assigned, of the plurality of discharge portions; a selecting unit configured to select a discharge portion to which a discharge destination specified by a print job from an external device is assigned, in a case where the discharge portion to which the discharge destination specified by the print job is assigned does exist, and to select a discharge portion to which non-discharge destination is assigned in a case where the discharge portion to which the discharge destination specified by the print job is assigned does not exist; and a transmitting unit configured to notify the external device specified by the second information, of the discharge portion selected by said selecting unit.