JP2008262103A - Controller for printer, printing system and control program for printer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller for a printer facilitating recognition of a position where a printing processing is resumed. <P>SOLUTION: The controller 40 is used in the printer which performs printing processing of printing images on printing mediums, thereby sequentially creating printed matter, then sequentially ejecting the created printed matter and stacking a plurality of sheets of the printed matter one on another. The controller 40 includes a printing control part 41 which, when the printer interrupts the printing processing due to a trouble occurring during the printing processing performed by the printer and disturbing normal ejection of the printed matter, causes the printer to resume performing continuation of the interrupted printing processing, after the trouble is solved; and a marker inserting control part 42, which when the printing processing is resumed, causes the printer to insert a marker, in between the printed matter which has been ejected normally, prior to the resumption and the printed matter which is ejected, after resumption. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing apparatus control apparatus, a printing system, and a printing apparatus control program.

  When a paper jam (also referred to as jam) occurs in a multi-page printing process in a copier or printer, the printing process is resumed after the jammed sheet or the sheet involved in the jam is removed. What is to be known is known. At this time, the printing process is resumed from the page next to the page that has been normally discharged before the printing process is stopped due to the occurrence of a paper jam.

  When the printing process is resumed after a paper jam, there is a demand for visually confirming whether or not a page omission, page duplication, image abnormality or the like has occurred at the resumed position.

  In response to such a request, a function is provided in which a restart position (also referred to as a recovery point) can be confirmed by shifting and discharging the first sheet after restart.

  Patent Document 1 describes an automatic paper insertion device that is provided so as to connect both devices between a copying machine and a sorter, and inserts a slip sheet between copy pages.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-259542 discloses a paper insertion device that inserts a slip sheet between recording sheets that have been subjected to a series of image forming processes by the image forming device and discharged to a paper discharge unit of the image forming device. It is installed in the vicinity of the printing section and directly discharges the slip sheet to the paper discharge section.

JP 63-134472 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-206449

  By the way, in a printing apparatus in which the continuation of the printing process is resumed after a trouble such as a paper jam occurs, there is a desire to make it easier to recognize the resumed position.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a control device for a printing apparatus capable of easily recognizing the position where the continuation of the printing process is resumed.

  The control device of the printing apparatus according to the present invention prints an image on a printing medium to sequentially generate printed matter, and sequentially discharges the generated printed matter to stack a plurality of printed matter. When a failure that prevents normal discharge of the printed matter occurs, after the failure is resolved, a print control unit that causes the printing apparatus to resume the continuation of the printing process; and when the printing process is resumed, before the restart And a mark insertion control unit that causes the printing apparatus to execute a process of inserting a mark between a printed matter that has been normally discharged and a printed matter that has been discharged after restarting.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the process of inserting the mark is a process of taking out a sheet from a tray different from the tray in which the print medium used for the printing process is stored, and inserting the sheet as the mark.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the printing apparatus includes: a printing unit that prints an image on a print medium to generate a printed material; and a discharge unit that receives the printed material from the printing unit and discharges the printed material. The tray from which the sheet is taken out is a tray that supplies the sheet to the subsequent stage of the printing unit.

  Also, in one aspect of the present invention, the mark insertion control means prompts the user to set a mark for the printing apparatus before executing the process of inserting the mark, and performs the process of inserting the set mark Cause the printer to execute.

  The printing system according to the present invention includes a printing apparatus that prints an image on a print medium to generate a printed matter, and outputs the printed matter. The printed system sequentially generates the printed matter by printing the image on the print medium, and sequentially discharges the generated printed matter. In the middle of the printing process performed by the printing apparatus that stacks a plurality of printed materials, if a failure that prevents normal discharge of the printed material occurs, the printing device resumes the continuation of the printing process after the failure is resolved. Mark insertion control for causing the printing apparatus to execute a process of inserting a mark between a printed matter that is normally discharged before restarting and a printed matter that is discharged after restarting when the printing control unit and the printing process are restarted And means.

  A control program for a printing apparatus according to the present invention is a printing process by a printing apparatus, in which an image is printed on a printing medium, a printed material is sequentially generated, and the generated printed material is sequentially discharged to stack a plurality of printed materials. In the middle, when a failure that prevents normal discharge of the printed matter occurs, after the failure is resolved, a procedure for causing the printing apparatus to resume the continuation of the printing process and a restart when the printing process is resumed. And a procedure for causing the printing apparatus to execute a process of inserting a mark between a printed matter that has been normally discharged before and a printed matter that has been discharged after restarting.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily recognize the position where the continuation of the printing process is resumed.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily recognize a sheet inserted as a mark.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to avoid a disadvantage caused by a sheet serving as a mark passing through the printing unit.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to insert a desired type of mark.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily recognize the position where the continuation of the printing process is resumed.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily recognize the position where the continuation of the printing process is resumed.

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

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a printing system 1 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, the printing system 1 includes an image reading device 10, a printing device 20, a user interface (UI) device 30, and a control device 40.

  The image reading apparatus 10 is an apparatus that optically reads an image of a document by a platen method, a sheet through method, or the like to generate image data.

  The printing apparatus 20 is an apparatus that prints an image on a print medium to generate a printed material, and discharges the generated printed material. In the present embodiment, the print medium is a sheet such as paper or an OHP sheet, and the printed material is a sheet on which an image is printed on one side or both sides. In the present embodiment, the printing apparatus 20 performs printing by an electrophotographic method. However, the printing apparatus 20 may perform printing by other printing methods such as an inkjet method.

  The UI device 30 is a device that displays information and receives input of information from a user, and is, for example, a touch panel type liquid crystal display. Here, the displayed information includes, for example, information indicating the status of the printing system 1 and information indicating the status of various processes performed by the printing system 1. Examples of information that can be received include setting information for the printing system 1, setting information for various processes, and instructions for starting various processes.

  The control device 40 is a device that controls each of the devices 10 to 30. In the present embodiment, the control device 40 is a computer, and the processing of the control device 40 is performed by reading a control program recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) into the main memory and performing a CPU (Central Processing). This is realized by being executed by (Unit). The control program can be provided by being recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, or can be provided by communication as a data signal. However, part or all of the processing of the control device 40 may be realized only by hardware.

  The printing system 1 may be physically realized by a single device, or may be realized by a plurality of devices connected to be communicable with each other.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the printing apparatus 20. Hereinafter, the configuration of the printing apparatus 20 will be described with reference to FIG.

  2, the printing apparatus 20 includes a printing unit 21 that prints an image on a printing medium to generate a printed material, and a discharge unit 22 that receives the printed material from the printing unit 21 and discharges the printed material.

  The printing unit 21 includes one or a plurality of trays that accommodate sheets. In the example of FIG. 2, the printing unit 21 includes, for example, four cassette-type sheet trays 61 to 64 and a manual feed tray 65. The printing unit 21 includes an image forming unit 71 that forms an image on a sheet supplied from the trays 61 to 65. For example, the image forming unit 71 receives image data from the control device 40, forms a toner image on the photosensitive member based on the image data, transfers the toner image onto a sheet, and transfers the transferred unfixed unfixed image. Fix the toner image on the sheet.

  The printing unit 21 also includes a conveyance path 72 for conveying the sheets stored in the trays 61 to 65 to the discharge unit 22 via the image forming unit 71, and a conveyance path 73 for reversing the orientation of the sheet surface. And a conveyance path 74 for double-sided printing. The printing unit 21 includes a sheet conveyance mechanism (not shown) that takes out sheets from the trays 61 to 65 and conveys the sheets along the conveyance paths 72 to 74.

  In single-sided printing, a sheet is taken out from one of the trays 61 to 65, and the sheet is conveyed along a conveyance path 72. After an image is formed by the image forming unit 71, the sheet is sent to the discharge unit 22 as a printed matter. It is. Alternatively, the sheet on which the image is formed is switched back by the reverse conveyance path 73 and the direction of the surface is reversed, and then returned to the conveyance path 72 and sent to the discharge unit 22 as a printed matter.

  In duplex printing, a sheet is taken out from one of the trays 61 to 65, the sheet is conveyed along a conveyance path 72, and an image is formed on one surface of the sheet by the image forming unit 71. The sheet on which the image is formed is switched back by a reversal conveyance path 73 and then conveyed along a conveyance path 74 for double-sided printing. The sheet is returned to the conveyance path 72 before the image forming unit 71 and the image is formed. After the image is formed on the other surface of the sheet by the forming unit 71, the image is sent to the discharge unit 22 as a printed matter.

  Furthermore, the printing unit 21 includes one or more sheet sensors (not illustrated) that detect the presence / absence of sheets at one or more predetermined positions in the conveyance paths 72 to 74. In addition, the printing unit 21 includes a sheet type detection sensor (not illustrated) that detects the type of the sheet conveyed along the conveyance path 72. The sheet type detection sensor is, for example, a sensor that detects the size (length, width, or thickness) of the sheet, a sensor that optically detects the transmittance and reflectance of the sheet, and the like.

  The discharge unit 22 includes a discharge tray 80 as a discharge destination of a sheet (printed material) on which an image is printed by the printing unit 21. In the example of FIG. 2, the discharge tray 80 includes a top tray 81 and a stacker 82 disposed below the top tray 81.

  Further, the discharge unit 22 has a transport path 83 for transporting the printed material sent out from the printing unit 21 to the discharge tray 80.

  The discharge unit 22 includes an insertion tray 84 that supplies a sheet to the conveyance path 83 as a tray that supplies a sheet to the subsequent stage of the printing unit 21. Here, the insertion tray 84 does not supply printing sheets but supplies insertion sheets such as cover sheets, slip sheets, and partition sheets. For example, an appropriate sheet such as printed paper, white paper, colored paper, or an OHP sheet is set in the insertion tray 84.

  Further, the discharge unit 22 includes one or more sheet sensors (not shown) that detect the presence / absence of sheets at one or more predetermined positions in the conveyance path 83. This sheet sensor includes a discharge sensor disposed immediately before the discharge tray 80.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the control device 40. Hereinafter, the configuration of the control device 40 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 3, the control device 40 includes a print control unit 41 and a mark insertion control unit 42.

  The print control unit 41 prints an image on a print medium to sequentially generate printed materials, and sequentially discharges the generated printed materials to stack a plurality of printed materials. When a failure that prevents the discharge occurs, after the failure is resolved, the printing apparatus 20 resumes the continuation of the printing process.

  Specifically, the print control unit 41 receives a print instruction from a user received through the UI device 30 or a print instruction from an external information processing apparatus (for example, a personal computer) received through a communication path. The printing apparatus 20 is caused to execute a printing process in which an image is printed on a print medium to sequentially generate printed materials, and the generated printed materials are sequentially discharged to stack a plurality of printed materials. In this case, the printing control unit 41 causes the printing apparatus 20 to perform printing under printing conditions corresponding to the type of printing medium. For example, the print control unit 41 receives a setting of the sheet type stored in each of the trays 61 to 65 from the user, and causes the printing apparatus 20 to execute printing under a printing condition corresponding to the set sheet type. Examples of the printing conditions include parameters for adjusting image quality and the like (transfer voltage, fixing temperature, etc.), sheet conveyance speed in the apparatus, and the like. In addition, regarding the tray (for example, the insertion tray 84) that supplies the sheet to the subsequent stage of the printing unit 21, since the sheet supplied from the tray is not used for printing, setting of the sheet type is unnecessary.

  While causing the printing apparatus 20 to execute the printing process, the print control unit 41 continuously determines whether or not a failure that prevents normal discharge of the printed matter has occurred. Here, when a failure that prevents the normal printed matter from being discharged occurs, for example, when a sheet jam occurs, or a sheet of a different type from the user setting is mixed in the print processing tray. This may be the case. During the printing process, the print control unit 41 monitors the output of the sheet sensor to detect occurrence of a paper jam of the sheet, or monitors the output of the sheet type detection sensor to detect the sheet taken out from the tray. An event in which the type is different from a preset type of sheet is detected.

  If it is determined that the failure has occurred during the printing process, the printing control unit 41 causes the printing apparatus 20 to resume the printing process after the failure has been resolved. For example, when a paper jam is detected during the printing process, the printing control unit 41 interrupts the printing process and prompts the user to remove the sheet in the printing apparatus 20 via the UI apparatus 30, When the completion of the sheet removal is detected based on the output of the sensor or the like, the printing apparatus 20 is resumed from the continuation of the printing process. Further, for example, when an event that the type of the sheet taken out from the tray is different from the preset type is detected during the printing process, the print control unit 41 puts the sheet into the discharge tray 80. After discharging, the printing apparatus 20 is resumed from the printing process.

  Here, the process of causing the printing apparatus 20 to resume the continuation of the printing process is performed as follows, for example. The print control unit 41 recognizes how many of the plurality of printed materials to be discharged are normally discharged before restarting, and performs the printing process from the generation of the printed material to be discharged next to the recognized printed material. Let it resume. For example, after recognizing that the Nth (N is an integer equal to or greater than 1) printed matter has been normally discharged and detecting a paper jam, the print control unit 41 detects (N + 1) after the paper jam is cleared. The printing process is resumed from the generation of the second print.

  Here, for example, it is recognized as follows that the printed matter is normally discharged. The print control unit 41 determines, for each sheet taken out from the tray, whether or not the type of the sheet is different from a preset sheet type, and a sheet sensor (discharge) disposed immediately before the discharge tray 80. Based on the output of the sensor, it is determined whether or not the sheet has been discharged to the discharge tray 80. Then, when it is determined that the sheet taken out from the tray is discharged to the discharge tray 80 without being determined to be different from the preset sheet type, the print control unit 41 normally outputs the sheet as a printed matter. Recognize that it was discharged.

  When the print control unit 41 restarts the printing process, the mark insertion control unit 42 performs a process of inserting a mark between a printed material that has been normally discharged before restarting and a printed material that has been discharged after restarting. 20 is executed.

  As the mark, for example, sheets accommodated in the sheet trays 61 to 64 are used. Further, as the mark, for example, a sheet stored in the manual feed tray 65 is used from the viewpoint that a desired type of sheet can be easily set as a mark. Further, as the mark, for example, from the viewpoint of avoiding a disadvantage caused by the sheet serving as the mark passing through the printing unit 21, the mark is accommodated in a tray (for example, an insertion tray 84) that supplies the sheet to the subsequent stage of the printing unit 21. Sheet is used.

  In one embodiment, as the sheet inserted as the mark, a sheet of a type different from the print medium used for the printing process is used from the viewpoint of easily identifying the sheet. For example, when the printing medium used for the printing process is a white paper, a colored paper or an OHP sheet is used as a sheet to be inserted as a mark. Moreover, in one aspect, from the viewpoint of facilitating extraction of the mark sheet, a sheet having a smooth surface, such as an OHP sheet, is used as the mark sheet.

  In one aspect, from the viewpoint of enabling insertion of a sheet of a type different from the printing medium used for the printing process, the process for inserting the mark includes the printing medium used for the printing process. In this process, a sheet is taken out from a tray different from the tray, and the sheet is inserted as the mark. However, the tray from which the sheet serving as the mark is taken out may be a tray in which a print medium used for the printing process is accommodated.

  Further, in one aspect, from the viewpoint of enabling insertion of a sheet of a type different from the print medium used for the printing process, the mark insertion control unit 42 receives and selects a tray from the user. The sheet stored in the tray is inserted. Here, examples of selectable trays include sheet trays 61 to 64, a manual feed tray 65, and a tray (for example, an insertion tray 84) that supplies sheets to the subsequent stage of the printing unit 21. In another embodiment, the mark insertion control unit 42 specifies a tray from which a sheet to be a mark is taken out. In one aspect of this case, from the viewpoint of making it easy to discriminate a sheet to be a mark, the mark insertion control unit 42 uses a tray in which a sheet of a different type from the print medium used for the printing process is stored as a mark as a sheet. Select the tray to be removed.

  Also, in one aspect, the mark insertion control unit 42 prompts the user to set a mark for the printing apparatus 20 before executing the process of inserting the mark, and inserts the mark set according to this. For example, after the failure is resolved, the mark insertion control unit 42 displays a message prompting the user to set a sheet to be a mark on the UI device 30, and the sheet is inserted based on an operation input or a sensor output from the user. When it is detected that is set, the printing apparatus 20 is controlled so that the set sheet is inserted as a mark. In this case, the mark insertion control unit 42 may instruct the user about the tray on which the mark sheet is to be set and the type of the sheet to be set. In this case, the mark insertion control unit 42 may receive and store in advance the setting of the tray to be set and the setting of the type of sheet to be set from the user. The mark insertion control unit 42 performs processing for prompting the user to set a sheet when the manual feed tray 65 is designated by the user as a tray from which the mark sheet is taken out, and other trays are designated. If so, the process may not be performed.

  Further, in one aspect, the mark insertion control unit 42 receives in advance a setting as to whether or not to insert a mark from the user via the UI device 30 or the like, and inserts a mark when the insertion is set. If it is set not to insert, the process of inserting the mark is not executed.

  Further, in one aspect, the mark insertion control unit 42 controls the printing apparatus 20 from the viewpoint of easily identifying a sheet inserted as a mark, and sets the discharge position of the sheet inserted as the mark as the discharge position of the printed matter. Shift against.

  Further, in one aspect, the mark insertion control unit 42 may not supply a sheet from the mark insertion tray selected by the user, for example, when a sheet is not accommodated in the tray, the mark insertion from another tray. Take out the sheet as. Here, the other tray may be selected by the user or may be selected by the mark insertion control unit 42. In one aspect of the one aspect, the other tray is a tray used for a printing process. In this aspect, the mark insertion control unit 42 may accept a setting as to whether or not to take out a sheet serving as a mark from a tray used for printing processing from a user in advance or each time.

  Hereinafter, an example of the operation of the control device 40 having the above configuration will be described. In the following description, a sheet serving as a mark is referred to as a “recovery sheet”.

  The control device 40 receives and stores settings related to the insertion of the recovery sheet from the user via the UI device 30 or the communication path in advance. Specifically, the control device 40 receives a setting as to whether or not to insert a recovery sheet and a setting of a tray used for inserting the recovery sheet.

  For example, when the control device 40 receives an operation of pressing the “recovery sheet setting” button on the menu screen displayed on the UI device 30, the control device 40 selects whether or not to insert the recovery sheet shown in FIG. 4. A selection screen to be accepted is displayed on the UI device 30.

  When “Yes” is selected by the user on the selection screen in FIG. 4, the control device 40 stores information indicating that the recovery sheet is to be inserted, and receives the selection of the recovery sheet tray shown in FIG. 5. A selection screen is displayed on the UI device 30. A list of selectable trays is displayed on this tray selection screen. In the example of FIG. 5, as selectable tray names, “tray 1 to 4” corresponding to the sheet trays 61 to 64, “manual feed tray” corresponding to the manual feed tray 65, and “insertion tray 84 corresponding to“ “Interleaf tray” is displayed. In addition, for each tray, the type of sheet stored in the tray is displayed. Here, the type of the sheet is set separately by the user. When receiving a tray selection operation on the tray selection screen, the control device 40 stores the selected tray.

  On the other hand, when “NO” is selected by the user on the selection screen in FIG. 4, the control device 40 stores that the recovery sheet is not inserted.

  When the user causes the printing system 1 to perform a printing process for copying an image of a document (that is, a copying process), the user sets the document in the image reading device 10 and uses the UI device 30 to set copy processing setting information (for example, (Tray settings used for printing, single-sided / double-sided settings, number of copies, etc.) are input and the start button is pressed.

  When receiving the user's operation via the UI device 30, the control device 40 controls the image reading device 10 and the printing device 20 to execute a copying process according to the setting information. For example, the control device 40 controls the image reading device 10 based on the setting information, reads the image of the set document, generates image data, and stores the image data. Then, the control device 40 causes the printing device 20 to execute a printing process for printing the generated image data based on the setting information.

  Further, when the user causes the printing system 1 to perform print processing for printing image data in the information processing apparatus, the image data to be printed and print processing setting information (for example, setting of a tray used for the print processing, A print instruction including single side / double side setting, number of copies setting, and the like is sent from the information processing apparatus to the printing system 1.

  Upon receiving the print instruction via the communication path, the control device 40 causes the printing device 20 to execute a print process for printing the image data based on the setting information.

  When the printing process is a process of sequentially generating a printed material and stacking a plurality of printed materials, the control device 40 executes the process shown in FIG. 6 while the printing process is being performed.

  In FIG. 6, the control device 40 determines whether a paper jam has been detected (S1).

  When it is determined that a paper jam has been detected (S1: YES), the control device 40 executes processing when a paper jam occurs, which will be described later (S11 to S15).

  On the other hand, when it is determined that a paper jam has not been detected (S1: NO), the control device 40 determines whether an event in which the type of the sheet taken out from the tray is different from the preset type of the sheet is detected. Is determined (S2).

  When it is determined that the above-described event has been detected (S2: YES), the control device 40 executes processing when the sheet type described later is different from the setting (S21 to S23).

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the above event has not been detected (S2: NO), the control device 40 returns the process to step S1. That is, while the printing process is being executed, steps S1 and S2 are repeated until a paper jam or the above event is detected.

  The processing when a paper jam occurs is as follows.

  First, the control device 40 interrupts the printing process (S11), and causes the UI device 30 to display a screen that prompts the removal of the sheet remaining in the printing device 20 (S12). Here, the sheet to be removed is, for example, a sheet that exists on the conveyance path at the time of interruption, and is a sheet that causes a paper jam or a sheet that is caught in the paper jam.

  The control device 40 waits until the removal of the sheet is completed (S13: NO). When the removal of the sheet is completed (S13: YES), the control device 40 causes the printing device 20 to execute a recovery sheet discharge process (S14). In the recovery sheet discharge process, the printing apparatus 20 takes out a sheet from a tray previously selected by the user and discharges the sheet to the discharge tray 80 along the conveyance path. Note that when it is set not to insert the recovery sheet, the recovery sheet discharge process is not executed.

  After the recovery sheet is discharged, the control device 40 causes the printing device 20 to resume the printing process (S15). That is, the control device 40 restarts the printing process from the generation of the next printed material that has already been normally discharged. If the recovery sheet can be inserted between the printed matter that has been normally discharged before restarting and the printed matter that has been discharged after restarting, the restart of the printing process is performed before the recovery sheet is discharged to the discharge tray 80. It may be done.

  Processing when the sheet type is different from the setting is as follows.

  First, the control device 40 controls the printing device 20 to discharge a sheet detected that the type is different from the setting to the discharge tray 80 along the conveyance path (S21).

  Next, the control device 40 causes the printing device 20 to execute recovery sheet discharge processing (S22). In the recovery sheet discharge process, the printing apparatus 20 takes out a sheet from a tray previously selected by the user and discharges the sheet to the discharge tray 80 along the conveyance path. Note that when it is set not to insert the recovery sheet, the recovery sheet discharge process is not executed.

  After the recovery sheet is discharged, the control device 40 causes the printing device 20 to resume the printing process (S23). That is, the control device 40 restarts the printing process from the generation of the next printed material that has already been normally discharged. If the recovery sheet can be inserted between the printed matter that has been normally discharged before restarting and the printed matter that has been discharged after restarting, the restart of the printing process is performed before the recovery sheet is discharged to the discharge tray 80. It may be done.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, It can change variously within the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention.

  For example, when a failure that prevents normal printed matter discharge occurs, it is not limited to those exemplified in the above-described embodiment, and when a multi-feed of sheets occurs or a sheet for printing is in the middle of the printing process There are also cases where the type changes (for example, the first sheet is plain paper but the second sheet is an OHP sheet).

  In the above-described embodiment, the tray that supplies the sheet to the subsequent stage of the printing unit is a tray that supplies a sheet serving as a mark, and supplies other insertion sheets (such as a slip sheet, a cover sheet, and a partition sheet). Although it is a tray, it may be a tray dedicated to a sheet as a mark.

  The control device 40 may be physically realized by a plurality of devices. For example, the control device 40 includes an image reading control device that controls the device 10 included in the image reading device 10, a printing control device that controls the device 20 included in the printing device 20, an image reading control device, and You may comprise with the high-order control apparatus which controls both control apparatuses connected to the printing control apparatus.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a printing system according to an embodiment. It is the schematic which shows an example of a structure of a printing apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of a control apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the selection screen which receives selection of whether to insert the sheet | seat used as a mark. It is a figure which shows an example of the tray selection screen which receives selection of the tray for sheets used as a mark. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a process of a control apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Printing system, 10 Image reader, 20 Printing apparatus, 21 Printing part, 22 Ejection part, 30 UI apparatus, 40 Control apparatus, 41 Print control part, 42 Mark insertion control part, 61-64 Sheet tray, 65 Manual feed tray, 71 Image forming unit, 72 to 74 transport path, 80 discharge tray, 81 top tray, 82 stacker, 83 transport path, 84 insertion tray.

Claims (6)

An image that prints images on a print medium, sequentially generates printed materials, and sequentially discharges the generated printed materials to stack a plurality of printed materials. In the middle of the printing process by the printing device, there was a failure that prevented normal printed materials from being discharged. A print control means for causing the printing apparatus to resume the continuation of the printing process after the failure is resolved;
When the printing process is restarted, a mark insertion control unit that causes the printing apparatus to execute a process of inserting a mark between a printed matter that has been normally discharged before restarting and a printed matter that is discharged after restarting,
A control apparatus for a printing apparatus, comprising: A control device for a printing apparatus according to claim 1,
The process of inserting the mark is a process of taking out a sheet from a tray different from the tray containing the print medium used for the printing process, and inserting the sheet as the mark.
A control device for a printing apparatus. A control device for a printing apparatus according to claim 2,
The printing apparatus includes:
A printing unit that prints an image on a print medium to generate a printed matter;
A discharge unit that receives and discharges the printed matter from the printing unit;
Including
The tray from which the sheet serving as the mark is taken out is a tray that supplies the sheet to the subsequent stage of the printing unit.
A control device for a printing apparatus. It is a control apparatus of the printing apparatus of any one of Claim 1 to 3, Comprising:
The mark insertion control means prompts the user to set a mark for the printing apparatus before executing the process of inserting the mark, and causes the printing apparatus to execute a process of inserting the set mark.
A control device for a printing apparatus. A printing apparatus that prints an image on a print medium to generate a printed matter and discharges the printed matter;
Printed images on a printing medium to generate printed materials in sequence, and the generated printed materials are sequentially discharged to stack a plurality of printed materials. In the middle of the printing process by the printing apparatus, a failure that prevents normal printed materials from being discharged occurs. A print control means for causing the printing apparatus to resume the continuation of the printing process after the failure is resolved;
When the printing process is restarted, a mark insertion control unit that causes the printing apparatus to execute a process of inserting a mark between a printed matter that has been normally discharged before restarting and a printed matter that is discharged after restarting,
A printing system comprising: On the computer,
An image that prints images on a print medium, sequentially generates printed materials, and sequentially discharges the generated printed materials to stack a plurality of printed materials. In the middle of the printing process by the printing device, there was a failure that prevented normal printed materials from being discharged. A step for causing the printing apparatus to resume the continuation of the printing process after the failure has been resolved;
When the printing process is resumed, a procedure for causing the printing apparatus to execute a process of inserting a mark between a printed matter that has been normally ejected before resuming and a printed matter that has been ejected after restarting;
A control program for a printing apparatus, characterized in that

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