JP2006334883A - Printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily sort and take out a piece of printed matter, performed and printed from each host, from among the pieces of printed matter ejected onto a paper output tray, in a printer in which printing is done from a plurality of hosts. <P>SOLUTION: (1) The first piece of printed matter from each host is ejected in the state of being displaced to serve as a separation piece. (2) A blank sheet of paper is ejected in a displaced state as separation paper to the boundary between the pieces of printed matter from the respective hosts. (3) Additionally, host information and printing information are printed on the paper for use in step (2). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing apparatus and a printing system for transmitting print data from a network and printing the data.

  A printing apparatus used by connecting to a network performs printing from a plurality of hosts. For this reason, the prints of each host are collected in the discharge tray of the printing apparatus, and it is difficult to take out the prints of one's own.

As another conventional example, Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2 can be cited.
JP 09-172517 A Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 09-301609

  The present invention provides a printing apparatus that discharges paper so that printed materials from each host can be easily distinguished in the printing apparatus as described above.

  The printing system according to claim 1 is provided with a printing apparatus having a unit that distinguishes a sort of printed matter by shifting the paper discharge position and a unit that stores a host that has performed printing last. When printing is performed, if the print is from a host different from the stored host, only the first printed sheet is discharged to a position different from the normal discharge position. It is.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing system comprising: a printing apparatus including: a unit that distinguishes a sort of printed materials by shifting a paper discharge position; and a unit that stores a host that has performed printing last. When more printing is performed, if printing is performed from a host different from the stored host, one sheet of paper is discharged as a partition sheet to a position different from the normal paper discharge position. It is.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the printing system according to the second aspect, the host information and the print information are printed on the partition paper.

  As described in detail above, according to the printing apparatus of the first aspect, since the first sheet of the printed material from each host is discharged so as to serve as a separator, the printed material can be easily distinguished. become.

  According to the printing apparatus of the second aspect, since the blank paper is displaced as the partition paper at the boundary of the printed matter from each host, it is easy to distinguish the printed matter.

  According to the printing apparatus of the third aspect, the sheet is discharged as a partition sheet at the boundary of the printed matter from each host. Furthermore, since the host information and the print information are printed on the paper, it is easy to distinguish the printed matter.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  The printing apparatus in the present invention is a general printing apparatus. Therefore, explanation and illustration of the apparatus are omitted.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the printing system of the present invention.

  The host 1 issues a print instruction. The printing apparatus 2 includes an IF 3, a control unit 4, an operation display unit 5, a RAM 6, a ROM 7, and a recording unit (paper discharge unit) 8. The IF 3 performs communication with the host 1. The control unit 4 controls the printing apparatus. The operation display unit 5 displays the operation and status of the printing apparatus. The RAM 6 stores information necessary for processing such as storage of received data. The ROM 7 stores a control program for the printing apparatus. A recording unit (paper discharge unit) 8 records and discharges print data onto a sheet.

  FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing for discharging paper by shifting only the first printed material.

  The flow of processing will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  In step S101, print data sent from the host 1 is received.

  In step S102, the host 1 information is acquired as host information.

  In step S103, it is identified whether the host information stored in the RAM 6 and the current host information are the same. If they are not the same, the process proceeds to step S104, and if they are the same, the process proceeds to step S105. At this time, the current host information is stored in the RAM 6.

  In step S104, the recording unit (sheet discharge unit) 8 discharges the first sheet to a position shifted from the normal sheet discharge position. For the second and subsequent sheets, the sheet is discharged to the normal discharge position.

  In step S <b> 105, normal printing and paper discharge are performed by the recording unit (paper discharge unit) 8.

  When the processing in step S104 is performed, the sheet is discharged as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing for discharging the partition paper while shifting it.

  The flow of processing will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2, 4, 5, and 6. FIG.

  In steps S201 and S202, print data is received from the host 1 and host information is also acquired.

  In step S203, it is identified whether the host is stored in the RAM 6, and if it is the same, the process proceeds to step S209 normal processing, and if it is different, the process proceeds to step S204.

  In step S <b> 204, printing and paper discharge are performed by the recording unit (paper discharge unit) 8.

  In step S205, it is determined whether information is set to be printed on the partition sheet. If it has been set, the process proceeds to step S206. If not, the process proceeds to step S208.

  In step S208, the recording unit (sheet discharge unit) 8 discharges a blank sheet as a partition sheet to a position shifted from the normal sheet discharge position.

  In step S206, the recording unit (paper discharge unit) 8 prints the host information and the print information, and discharges them as a partition paper to a position shifted from the normal paper discharge position.

  When the processing in step S208 is performed, the sheet is discharged as shown in FIG.

  When the process in step S206 is performed, the sheet is discharged as shown in FIG.

It is a flow showing a flow of a process of discharging the printed matter by shifting only the first sheet. It is a flow which shows the flow of a process which shifts a partition paper and discharges. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a state where the first printed sheet is shifted and discharged. It is a figure of the state which shifted the partition paper and discharged. It is a figure of the state which printed the information on the partition paper, and discharged | emitted it shifted. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a printing apparatus according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Host 2 Printer 3 IF
4 Control unit 5 Operation display unit 6 RAM
7 ROM
8 Recording unit (paper output unit)

Claims (3)

  A printing apparatus having a means for discriminating the sort of printed materials by shifting the paper discharge position and a means for storing the host that executed the printing last, and stores when printing is performed from the network If printing is performed from a host different from the host on which the printing is performed, only the first printed sheet is discharged to a position different from the normal discharge position.   A printing apparatus having a means for discriminating the sort of printed materials by shifting the paper discharge position and a means for storing the host that executed the printing last, and stores when printing is performed from the network If printing is performed from a host different from the host on which the printing is performed, a sheet of paper is discharged as a partition sheet to a position different from the normal discharge position.   3. The printing system according to claim 2, wherein the host information and the printing information are printed on the partition paper.

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