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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yukinobu Akado, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus capable of reducing labor required for a user to set a sheet feeding unit is provided. The control apparatus that sets a sheet feeding unit to be used in a printing processing performed by an image forming apparatus including a plurality of sheet feeding units includes at least one processor, and a memory coupled to the processor storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to function as an obtaining unit that obtains information about sheets, which have been fed into the plurality of sheet feeding units, and a display control unit that displays a setting screen for allowing a user to select the sheet feeding unit to be used in the printing processing. Information about a virtual sheet feeding unit obtained by integrating two or more sheet feeding units, into which sheets satisfying a predetermined condition have been fed, into one is displayed.
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