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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
May. 27, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Wakai, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus discharges, into a stacking unit, sheets of a plurality of copies obtained by executing a first job that is set to print a plurality of copies, and discharges sheets of a plurality of copies obtained by executing a second job that is set to print a plurality of copies and follows the first job. The control apparatus carries out control so that a sheet discharge position for copies discharged by executing the first job changes from a first discharge position in the stacking unit to a second discharge position in the stacking unit between copies, and carries out control so that a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the second job changes from a third discharge position in the stacking unit to a fourth discharge position in the stacking unit between copies.