IP Library Granted Patent US 11,169,477
Granted Patent B2
US 11,169,477 · App. 16/556,720 · Granted Nov 9, 2021

Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventor: Takayuki Matsui (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G03G15/5075B41J11/42G03G15/6517
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Patent No.
US 11,169,477
App. No.
16/556,720
Granted
Nov 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to, if it is determined that a connecting process of connecting a continuous sheet and another continuous sheet to each other is to be executed when a trailing end of the continuous sheet transported by a printing unit is detected, prohibit the continuous sheet from being transported in response to a user's operation at a time when the trailing end of the continuous sheet is detected.

Claims (27)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to:

determine whether a splicing process of splicing a continuous sheet and another continuous sheet to each other is to be executed when a trailing end of the continuous sheet transported by a printing unit is detected; and

in a case that the splicing process is to be executed, prohibit the continuous sheet from being transported in response to a user's operation at a time when the trailing end of the continuous sheet is detected.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when an instruction to execute the splicing process is given by the user in advance before the trailing end is detected, the controller determines that the splicing process is to be executed.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein when the transport of the continuous sheet is prohibited, the controller releases the prohibition of the transport of the continuous sheet, in response to a user's operation.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

when the trailing end is detected, the controller further inquires with the user whether to execute the splicing process, and

when the user gives an instruction to execute the splicing process, the controller determines that the splicing process is to be executed.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the controller further prohibits the continuous sheet from being transported until the user gives an instruction as to whether to execute the splicing process.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the controller further releases the prohibition of the transport of the continuous sheet when the user instructs not to execute the splicing process.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein when the transport of the continuous sheet is prohibited, the controller releases the prohibition of the transport of the continuous sheet, in response to a user's operation.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein when the transport of the continuous sheet is prohibited, the controller releases the prohibition of the transport of the continuous sheet, in response to a user's operation.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein when the transport of the continuous sheet is prohibited, the controller releases the prohibition of the transport of the continuous sheet, in response to a user's operation.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein if printing remains at the time when the trailing end is detected, the controller determines that the splicing process is to be executed.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein when the transport of the continuous sheet is prohibited, the controller releases the prohibition of the transport of the continuous sheet, in response to a user's operation.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when it is determined that the splicing process is to be executed and when a continuous sheet in a state of being folded is used as the continuous sheet, the controller prohibits the continuous sheet from being transported in response to the user's operation at the time when the trailing end is detected.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein when the transport of the continuous sheet is prohibited, the controller releases the prohibition of the transport of the continuous sheet, in response to a user's operation.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the transport of the continuous sheet is prohibited, the controller releases the prohibition of the transport of the continuous sheet, in response to the user's operation.

15. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to

prohibit a continuous sheet from being transported in response to a user's operation during a period in which a printing unit performs printing on the continuous sheet, and

release the prohibition when a trailing end of the continuous sheet is detected, wherein

if it is determined that a process of connecting the continuous sheet and another continuous sheet to each other is to be when the trailing end of the continuous sheet is detected, the controller continues the prohibition.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute information processing, the information processing comprising:

determining whether a splicing process of splicing a continuous sheet and another continuous sheet to each other is to be executed when a trailing end of the continuous sheet transported by a printing unit is detected; and

in a case that the splicing process is to be executed, prohibiting the continuous sheet from being transported in response to a user's operation at a time when the trailing end of the continuous sheet is detected.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056078/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2019
From: MATSUI, TAKAYUKI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050221/0903 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-009108 · Jan 23, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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