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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Satoru Kutsuwada, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
Abstract
In order to raise the productivity of jobs to be output by an image forming apparatus, sheets belonging to a plurality of jobs that have been input are ejected in parallel in dependence upon the type of a sheet stacking apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus. Further, sheets belonging to a plurality of jobs that have been input are ejected in turns in dependence upon the status of use of a sheet stacking apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus. The sheet stacking apparatus is controlled in such a manner that sheets belonging to a plurality of jobs that have been input to the image forming apparatus can be ejected in parallel.