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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masahiro Mutsuno, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 35/00 (2006.01); B42C 19/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); B65H 37/06 (2006.01); B65H 37/04 (2006.01); B42C 19/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B42C 19/02 (2013.01); B65H 35/0086 (2013.01); B65H 37/04 (2013.01); B65H 37/06 (2013.01); H04N 1/0066 (2013.01); H04N 1/00639 (2013.01); B42C 19/08 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
In case of simultaneously performing a punching process and a finishing process other than the punching process in an image forming apparatus, in order to prevent an unnecessary (ineffectual) finishing process from being performed, an information processing controller unit of a multifunction peripheral performs control of permitting to set in combination a double-punching center setting and a bookbinding setting, and of prohibiting to set in combination a punch setting, other than the double-punching center setting, and the bookbinding setting.